When inequality fails: Power, group dominance, and societal change

Journal of Social and Political Psychology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 132-160

  Pratto, Felicia ^a   Stewart, Andrew L ^a   Zeineddine, Fouad Bou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Group dominance; Inequality; Power; Societal change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928102132     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21953325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5964/jspp.v1i1.97     Document Type: Article

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