The Psychology of Legitimacy
Subtitle: Emerging Perspectives on Ideology, Justice, and Intergroup Relations
Contributors: John T. Jost (Editor); Brenda Major (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: September 10, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 494
ISBN-13: 9780521786997
Subjects: Social, group or collective psychology; Sociology, Social Studies; Stereotype (Psychology); Rationalization (Psychology); Legitimacy of governments; Sociology; Sociology - Social Theory; Psychology; Social Psychology; General; Minority Studies - General; Psychology & Psychiatry / General; Intergroup relations; Social stratification; Stereotypes (Social psychology)
First sentence: With this book, we are proud to present what we see as the best research currently being conducted in a rapidly emerging interdisciplinary field seeking to understand processes of legitimation in social relations.