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The psychology of legitimacy

by John T. Jost

Intergroup relationsSocial stratificationRationalization (Psychology)StereotypeOrganizational behaviorLegitimacy of governmentsStereotype (Psychology)Stereotypes (Social psychology)

This volume seeks to understand processes of legitimation and de-legitimation in social relations and the ways in which people and groups rationalize and legitimize their actions.

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