Inclusive victimhood: Social identity and the politicization of collective trauma among turkey's alevis in Western Europe

Peace and Conflict

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 243-269

  Yildiz, Ali Aslan ^a   Verkuyten, Maykel ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINORITY GROUP; NATIONAL IDENTITY; POLITICAL INTEGRATION; SOCIAL CONFLICT; VIOLENCE;

SIVAS [SIVAS (PRV)]; SIVAS [TURKEY]; TURKEY; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 79960927139     PISSN: 10781919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10781919.2011.587175     Document Type: Article

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