Shifts in justice beliefs induced by Hurricane Katrina: The impact of claims of racism

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 571-584

  Eccleston, Collette P ^a   Kaiser, Cheryl R ^b   Kraynak, Lindsay R ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Hurricane Katrina; justice belief; racism claims

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956829289     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430210362436     Document Type: Article

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