National Narrative and Social Psychological Influences in Turks' Denial of the Mass Killings of Armenians as Genocide

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 16-33

  Bilali, Rezarta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOCIDE; MODELING; PSYCHOLOGY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84874808432     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/josi.12001     Document Type: Article

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