Social psychology of Making Poverty History: Motivating anti-poverty action in Australia

Australian Psychologist

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 4-15

  Thomas, Emma ^a   McGarty, Craig ^b   Mavor, Kenneth ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anti poverty activism; Group efficacy; Group emotion; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950890463     PISSN: 00050067     EISSN: 17429544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00050060903447095     Document Type: Article

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