How the past weighs on the present: Social representations of history and their role in identity politics

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 537-556

  Liu, James H ^a   Hilton, Denis J ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITÉ TOULOUSE JEAN JAURÈS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROWDING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; HISTORY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PERCEPTION; POLITICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; HISTORY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MASS BEHAVIOR; POLITICS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 28044435881     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466605X27162     Document Type: Article

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