Collective psychological empowerment as a model of social change: Researching crowds and power

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 707-725

  Drury, John ^a   Reicher, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPOWERMENT; MODELING; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 70449696471     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2009.01622.x     Document Type: Article

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