Suspicions of injustice: The sense-making function of belief in conspiracy theories

Justice and Conflicts: Theoretical and Empirical Contributions

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 121-132

  Van Prooijen, Jan Willem ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84885352869     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-19035-3_7     Document Type: Chapter

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