Intergroup Comparisons within the Context of Nested Self-Categorizations: Effects of Regional and National Comparisons on the Acceptance of the European Union

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 119-131

  Riketta, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

European integration; self categorization; social comparison; social identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993746172     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430202005002540     Document Type: Article

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