On social stability and social change: Understanding when system justification does and does not occur

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 360-364

  Kay, Aaron C ^a   Friesen, Justin ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

compensatory control; political beliefs; social change; system justification

Indexed keywords

EID: 82755192509     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721411422059     Document Type: Article

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