Why Some Inequalities Mobilize and Others Do Not

2025/04/03 by Aoife‐Marie Foran, Jolanda Jetten, Kelly Kirkland +2 · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Social Policy and Reform Studies

paper · doi:10.1080/1047840x.2025.2513811

openalex publication_date 2025/04/03 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/22

Abstract

"The division between Hutu and Tutsi was imposed and made implacable, not by history but by political choice." (Philip Gourevitch, 1999)Sebben and Ullrich (this issue) argue that inequality researc...

Citations

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Discussions

• Aoife-Marie Foran, @jolanda-jetten.bsky.social, @kellykirkland.bsky.social, @chrisklebl.bsky.social, and Kim Peters discuss how and why social identities are crucial when it comes to mobilizing social [bsky, 5 points, 2 comments]

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