Power and legitimizing ideologies in hierarchy-enhancing vs. Hierarchy-attenuating environments

Political Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 867-885

  De Oliveira, Pierre ^a   Guimond, Serge ^b   Dambrun, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Legitimizing ideologies; Normative environment; Power; Social position; Status quo

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870060456     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2012.00909.x     Document Type: Article

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