Predicting support for racial transformation policies: Intergroup threat, racial prejudice, sense of group entitlement and strength of identification

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-41

  Durrheim, Kevin ^a   Dixon, John ^b   Tredoux, Colin ^c   Eaton, Liberty ^c   Quayle, Michael ^a   Clack, Beverley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 78751621226     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.723     Document Type: Article

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