Does political correctness make (social) sense?

Social Cognition and Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 331-346

  Maass, Anne ^a   Suitner, Caterina ^a   Merkel, Elisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203744628     Document Type: Chapter

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