Who cares about Human Rights?

Political Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 365-385

  McFarland, Sam ^a   Mathews, Melissa ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Authoritarianism; Human rights; Moral reasoning; Social dominance orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 20744441382     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2005.00422.x     Document Type: Review

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