Dramatic social change in Russia and Mongolia: Connecting relative deprivation to social identity

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 327-348

  De La Sablonnière, Roxane ^a   Tougas, Francine ^b   Lortie Lussier, Monique ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collective esteem; Relative deprivation; Social change; Social comparisons; Social mobility; Temporal comparisons

Indexed keywords

EID: 64749095078     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022108330986     Document Type: Article

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