Lessons from Morality-Based Social Identity: The Power of Outgroup "Hate," Not Just Ingroup "Love"

Social Justice Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 81-96

  Parker, Michael T ^a   Janoff Bulman, Ronnie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Intergroup relations; Morality; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874663643     PISSN: 08857466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11211-012-0175-6     Document Type: Article

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