Is cultural group representation a fair option? Adolescents' evaluations of forms of decision-making in multicultural Mauritius

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 727-738

  Ng Tseung Wong, Caroline ^a   Verkuyten, Maykel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fairness judgements; Group representation; Multiculturalism; Representative democracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888434653     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2013.09.010     Document Type: Article

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