Self-reliance and empathy: The enemies of poverty - And of the poor

Political Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 473-492

  Lane, Robert E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attribution; Deprivation; Empathy; Equality; Privileged; Redistribution; Self reliance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035615640     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0162-895X.00250     Document Type: Article

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