The space between us and them: Perceptions of status differences

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 591-604

  Kahn, Kimberly ^a   Ho, Arnold K ^b   Sidanius, Jim ^b   Pratto, Felicia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominance; Ethnicity; Fairness; Hierarchy

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349287999     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430209338716     Document Type: Article

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