Social representation, change and resistance: On the difficulties of generalizing new norms

Culture and Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 475-497

  Castro, Paula ^a   Batel, Susana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Discursive strategies; Practices; Public participation; Resistance; Social and cultural change; Social representations

Indexed keywords

EID: 55749097970     PISSN: 1354067X     EISSN: 14617056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354067X08096512     Document Type: Article

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