Explaining Social Change and Identity Management Strategies: New Directions for Future Research

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 489-509

  Niens, Ulrike ^a   Cairns, Ed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

authoritarian personality theory; identity management strategies; relative deprivation theory; social change; social identity theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043025441     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: 14617447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/09593543030134003     Document Type: Article

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