Acknowledging and Redressing Historical Injustices

Social and Psychological Bases of Ideology and System Justification

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Starzyk, Katherine B ^a   Blatz, Craig W ^b   Ross, Mike ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nonvictimized majority; Redressing injustices; Reparations; Victimized minority

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960024305     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195320916.003.019     Document Type: Chapter

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