Racism, ideology, and affirmative action revisited: The antecedents and consequences of "principled objections" to affirmative action

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 488-501

  Federico, Christopher M ^b   Sidanius, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMANISM; MALE; POLICY; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANISM; HUMANS; MALE; POLITICS; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL VALUES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036546364     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037//0022-3514.82.4.488     Document Type: Article

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