Why Do White Americans Oppose Race-Targeted Policies? Clarifying the Impact of Symbolic Racism

  1. Joshua L. Rabinowitz1,
  2. David O. Sears2,
  3. Jim Sidanius3,
  4. Jon A. Krosnick4

Article first published online: 24 JUL 2009

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2009.00726.x

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Political Psychology

Political Psychology

Volume 30, Issue 5, pages 805–828, October 2009

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Rabinowitz, J. L., Sears, D. O., Sidanius, J. and Krosnick, J. A. (2009), Why Do White Americans Oppose Race-Targeted Policies? Clarifying the Impact of Symbolic Racism. Political Psychology, 30: 805–828. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2009.00726.x

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  1. 1

    University of Michigan

  2. 2

    University of California, Los Angeles

  3. 3

    Harvard University

  4. 4

    Stanford University

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  1. Issue published online: 9 SEP 2009
  2. Article first published online: 24 JUL 2009

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