Meritocracy and opposition to affirmative action: making concessions in the face of discrimination.

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• Publication year

  2002

• Venue

  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

• Publication date

  2002-09-01

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1037/0022-3514.83.3.493PMID 12219850
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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