The Role of Inclusive and Exclusive Victim Consciousness in Predicting Intergroup Attitudes: Findings from Rwanda, Burundi, and DRC

Political Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 489-506

  Vollhardt, Johanna Ray ^a   Bilali, Rezarta ^b  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burundi; Collective victimhood; DRC; Ingroup superiority; Rwanda; Victim consciousness; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941023174     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pops.12174     Document Type: Article

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