Stigma and group inequality; social psychological perspectives.(book)(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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Stigma and group inequality; social psychological perspectives.

Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology. Ed. by Shana Levin and Colette Van Laar.

Lawrence Erlbaum

2006

333 pages

$34.50

Paperback

HM1131

This collection of 14 papers describes the process of understanding and living with stigma at the theoretical as well as the practica...

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