TY - BOOK AU - Jost,John T. TI - A Theory of System Justification SN - 9780674244658 PY - 2020///] CY - Cambridge, MA : PB - Harvard University Press, KW - Defense mechanisms (Psychology) KW - Oppression (Psychology) KW - People with social disabilities KW - Attitudes KW - Poor KW - Power (Social sciences) KW - Security (Psychology) KW - PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology KW - bisacsh N1 - restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - Psychologist John Jost has spent decades researching poor people who vote for policies of inequality and women who think men deserve higher salaries. He argues that the persecuted often justify and defend the very social systems that oppress them because doing so serves a fundamental need for certainty, security, and social acceptance UR - https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674247192?locatt=mode:legacy UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674247192 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674247192/original ER -