How Does Intergroup Contact Affect Social Change? Its Impact on Collective Action and Individual Mobility Intentions among Members of a Disadvantaged Group

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 536-553

  Tausch, Nicole ^a   Saguy, Tamar ^b   Bryson, Jeff ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; ETHNIC CONFLICT; ETHNIC GROUP; LATINO PEOPLE; SOCIAL CHANGE; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 84941105442     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/josi.12127     Document Type: Article

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