The Great Recession and Group-Based Control: Converting Personal Helplessness into Social Class In-Group Trust and Collective Action

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 117-137

  Fritsche, Immo ^a   Moya, Miguel ^b   Bukowski, Marcin ^c   Jugert, Philipp ^a   de Lemus, Soledad ^b   Decker, Oliver ^a   Valor Segura, Inmaculada ^b   Navarro Carrillo, Ginés ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; PSYCHOLOGY;

GERMANY; SPAIN;

EID: 85015415633     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/josi.12207     Document Type: Article

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