Minority and Majority Discrimination: When and Why

2001/11/01 by Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Marilynn B. Brewer · 206 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Cultural Differences and Values #Demography #Ethnic group #Group (periodic table) #Identification (biology) #Minority group #Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research #Optimal distinctiveness theory #Population #Prejudice (legal term) #Psychology #Social and Intergroup Psychology #Social discrimination #Social group #Social identity theory #Social psychology

paper · doi:10.1006/jesp.2001.1475

published in Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 37(6), 468-485 (Elsevier BV)

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