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To Apologize or to Compensate for Colonial Injustices? The Role of Representations of the Colonial Past, Group-Based Guilt, and In-Group Identification Cover

To Apologize or to Compensate for Colonial Injustices? The Role of Representations of the Colonial Past, Group-Based Guilt, and In-Group Identification

International Review of Social Psychology
Volume 34 (2021): Issue 1
By: Borja Martinovic,  Karen Freihorst and  Magdalena Bobowik  
Open Access
|Aug 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/irsp.484 | Journal eISSN: 2397-8570
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Language: English
Submitted on: Jul 26, 2020
Accepted on: Jul 16, 2021
Published on: Aug 10, 2021
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
apology,
compensation,
representations of the colonial past,
group-based guilt,
in-group identification

© 2021 Borja Martinovic, Karen Freihorst, Magdalena Bobowik, published by Ubiquity Press
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