Perceiving self-interest: Power, ideology, and maintenance of the status quo

Social Justice Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-24

  O'Brien, Laurie T ^a   Crandall, Christian S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Power; Self interest; Social change; Status quo

Indexed keywords

EID: 18244409890     PISSN: 08857466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11211-005-3368-4     Document Type: Article

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