Justice, work, poverty and welfare: The psychological connections

Journal of Poverty

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 65-86

  Hirshberg, Matthew ^a   Ford, Geoffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b Political science   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Attribution; Beliefs; Just world; Work ethic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937334036     PISSN: 10875549     EISSN: 15407608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J134v05n03_04     Document Type: Article

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