Antecedents and consequences of system-justifying ideologies

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 260-265

  Jost, John T ^a   Hunyady, Orsolya ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservatism; Ideology; Status quo; System justification

Indexed keywords

EID: 27544481081     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0963-7214.2005.00377.x     Document Type: Article

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