To love or hate thy neighbor: The role of authoritarianism and traditionalism in explaining the link between fundamentalism and racial prejudice

Political Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 207-223

  Brandt, Mark J ^a   Reyna, Christine ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Authoritarianism; Prejudice; Religious fundamentalism; Symbolic racism; Traditionalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896542612     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pops.12077     Document Type: Article

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