Searching for common ground between supporters and opponents of affirmative action

Political Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 667-682

  Reyna, Christine ^a,b   Tucker, Amanda ^a   Korfmacher, William ^a   Henry, P J ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Affirmative action; Conservatism; Deservingness; Merit; Racial attitudes; Racial policy; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 27344458555     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2005.00438.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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