Responses to Victimization and Belief in a Just World
. Ed(S): Montada, Leo; Lerner, Melvin J.
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Hardback. Examines how an individual's belief in a just world determines his or her sense of, and responses to, victimization. This volume explores the direct and indirect relationships between justice, fate, risk, self-determinism, and self-interest, among other issues. It also includes methods of measuring beliefs in a just world. Editor(s): Montada, Leo; Lerner, Melvin J. Series: Critical Issues in Social Justice. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 598.
The preparation of this volume began with a conference held at Trier University, approximately thirty years after the publication of the first Belief in a Just World (BJW) manuscript. The location of the conference was especially appropriate given the continued interest that the Trier faculty and students had for BJW research and theory. As several chapters in this volume document, their research together with the other contributors to this volume have added to the current sophistication and status of the BJW construct. In the 1960s and 1970s Melvin Lerner, together with his students and colleagues, developed his justice motive theory. ... Read more
The preparation of this volume began with a conference held at Trier University, approximately thirty years after the publication of the first Belief in a Just World (BJW) manuscript. The location of the conference was especially appropriate given the continued interest that the Trier faculty and students had for BJW research and theory. As several chapters in this volume document, their research together with the other contributors to this volume have added to the current sophistication and status of the BJW construct. In the 1960s and 1970s Melvin Lerner, together with his students and colleagues, developed his justice motive theory. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media United States
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
Series
Critical Issues in Social Justice
Number of Pages
278
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780306460302
SKU
V9780306460302
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