Social identity, system justification, and social dominance: Commentary on Reicher, Jost et al., and Sidanius et al.

Political Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 823-844

  Rubin, Mark ^a   Hewstone, Miles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ingroup favoritism; Intergroup discrimination; Outgroup favoritism; Social dominance theory; Social identity theory; System justification theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 10844240761     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2004.00400.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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