A theory of system justification /

"Psychologist John T. Jost has spent decades researching poor people who vote for policies of inequality and women who think men deserve higher salaries. He argues that the persecuted often justify and defend the very social systems that oppress them because doing so serves a fundamental need f...

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Main Author: Jost, John T. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2020.
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Summary:"Psychologist John T. Jost has spent decades researching poor people who vote for policies of inequality and women who think men deserve higher salaries. He argues that the persecuted often justify and defend the very social systems that oppress them because doing so serves a fundamental need for certainty, security, and social acceptance"--
Physical Description:xiii, 385 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780674244658
0674244656