Discursive Social Psychology: From Attitudes to Evaluative Practices

European Review of Social Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 233-266

  Potter, Jonathan ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84929732476     PISSN: 10463283     EISSN: 1479277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14792779843000090     Document Type: Article

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