Social inequality and the reduction of ideological dissonance on behalf of the system: Evidence of enhanced system justification among the disadvantaged

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-36

  Jost, John T ^a,c   Pelham, Brett W ^b   Sheldon, Oliver ^d   Sullivan, Bilian Ni ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

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EID: 0037242167     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.127     Document Type: Review

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