"We Must Be the Change We Want to See in the World": Integrating Norms and Identities through Social Interaction

Political Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 543-557

  Smith, Laura G E ^a   Thomas, Emma F ^b   Mcgarty, Craig ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collective action; Mass movements; Political civic participation; Social identity; Social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929602638     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pops.12180     Document Type: Article

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