Group-based dominance and opposition to equality as independent predictors of self-esteem, ethnocentrism, and social policy attitudes among african americans and european americans

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 209-232

  Jost, John T ^a   Thompson, Erik P ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0034381339     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jesp.1999.1403     Document Type: Article

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