Relative deprivation and intergroup competition

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 685-700

  Halevy, Nir ^a,b   Chou, Eileen Y ^c   Cohen, Taya R ^d   Bornstein, Gary ^e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

collective action; experimental games; intergroup competition; intragroup cooperation; relative deprivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049383457     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430210371639     Document Type: Article

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