'They're not racist...' Prejudice denial, mitigation and suppression in dialogue

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 441-462

  Condor, Susan ^a,e   Figgou, Lia ^b   Abell, Jackie ^a   Gibson, Stephen ^c   Stevenson, Clifford ^d  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^e LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENIAL; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMMUNICATION; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 33750547991     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466605X66817     Document Type: Article

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