The Social Psychology of the Great Recession and Social Class Divides

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 8-22

  Moya, Miguel ^a   Fiske, Susan T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; PSYCHOLOGY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 85015406491     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/josi.12201     Document Type: Article

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