Identity Politics and Politicized Identities: Identity Processes and the Dynamics of Protest

Political Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-22

  Klandermans, P G ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Collective identity; Dual identity; Group identification; Protest participation; Radicalization; Social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892883166     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pops.12167     Document Type: Article

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