System justification in responding to the poor and displaced in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina

Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-73

  Napier, Jaime L ^a   Mandisodza, Anesu N ^a   Andersen, Susan M ^a   Jost, John T ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34247208411     PISSN: 15297489     EISSN: 15302415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-2415.2006.00102.x     Document Type: Article

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