Racial perceptions and evaluative responses to welfare: Does education attenuate race-of-target effects?

Political Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 683-698

  Federico, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Education; Race coding; Stereotypes; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 27344446990     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2005.00439.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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