Individual threat, group threat, and racial policy: Exploring the relationship between threat and racial attitudes

Social Science Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1130-1146

  Rosenstein, Judith E ^a  

^a UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Prejudice; Racial attitudes; Racial threat

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; RACE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PREJUDICE;

EID: 51349138674     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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