Making the undoable doable: Milgram, the Holocaust, and modern government

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 327-349

  Russell, Nestar ^a   Gregory, Robert ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bureaucratic authority; Dehumanization; Holocaust; Individual responsibility; Milgram

Indexed keywords

EID: 28444447432     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0275074005278511     Document Type: Article

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