Attitudes toward redistributive social policies: The effects of social comparisons and policy experience

Social Comparison and Social Psychology: Understanding Cognition, Intergroup Relations, and Culture

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 151-173

  Garcia, Donna M ^a   Branscombe, Nyla R ^a   Desmarais, Serge ^b   Gee, Stephanie S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

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EID: 84928295578     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511584329.009     Document Type: Chapter

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