Neither Fair nor Unchangeable But Part of the Natural Order: Orientations Towards Inequality in the Face of Criticism of the Economic System.
The magnitude of climate change threats to life on the planet is not matched by the level of current mitigation strategies. To contribute to our understanding of inaction in the face of climate change, the reported study draws upon the pro status quo motivations encapsulated within System Justificat...
| Publicado en: | Social Justice Research Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 456 - 475 |
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Springer Nature
Dec2016
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