Angry opposition to government redress: When the structurally advantaged perceive themselves as relatively deprived

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 191-204

  Leach, Colin Wayne ^a,d   Iyer, Aarti ^b   Pedersen, Anne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Department of Psychology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGED; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPENSATION; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MIDDLE AGED; POLICY; POLITICS; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANGER; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; HUMANS; LOBBYING; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POVERTY; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33947698804     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466606X99360     Document Type: Article

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