Why does fear override hope in societies engulfed by intractable conflict, as it does in the Israeli society?

Political Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 601-627

  Bar Tal, Daniel ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arab Israeli conflict; Emotions; Fear; Hope; Intractable conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035601839     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0162-895X.00255     Document Type: Article

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