Inner Conflict in the Political Psychology of Racism

On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years after Allport

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 343-358

  Sears, David O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Inner conflict; Intrapsychic conflict; Political psychology; Prejudice; Racism

Indexed keywords

EID: 74949143543     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470773963.ch21     Document Type: Chapter

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