The Role of Stigma in Understanding Ethnicity Differences in Authoritarianism

Political Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 419-438

  Henry, P J ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Authoritarianism; Ethnicity; Prejudice; Stigma compensation theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955635193     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2010.00816.x     Document Type: Article

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