Belief in a Just World, Perceived Fairness, and Justification of the Status Quo

Social and Psychological Bases of Ideology and System Justification

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hafer, Carolyn L ^a   Choma, Becky L ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Belief in just world; Discrimination; Fairness; Just world; Justification; Moderators; Status quo

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920391545     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195320916.003.005     Document Type: Chapter

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