Stripped of illusions? Exploring system justification processes in capitalist and post-Communist societies

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 6-29

  Cichocka, Aleksandra ^a,b   Jost, John T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ideology; Legitimacy; Political participation; Post Communism; System justification

Indexed keywords

EASTERN EUROPE; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; ILLUSION; LEGITIMACY; POLAND; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POST-COMMUNISM; PUBLIC OPINION; REVIEW; SYSTEM JUSTIFICATION;

IDEOLOGY; LEGITIMACY; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POST-COMMUNISM; SYSTEM JUSTIFICATION;

CAPITALISM; COMMUNISM; EUROPE, EASTERN; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; POLAND; POLITICAL SYSTEMS; PUBLIC OPINION;

EID: 84903518764     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijop.12011     Document Type: Article

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