Indigenous reconciliation in Australia: Do values, identity and collective guilt matter?

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-18

  Halloran, Michael J ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian attitudes; Collective guilt; Egalitarianism; Indigenous reconciliation; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846883052     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.876     Document Type: Article

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