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Inequality is a relationship

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2012

Deborah A. Prentice  and
J. Nicole Shelton
Deborah A. Prentice
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08540. predebb@princeton.edu http://psych.princeton.edu/psychology/research/prentice/index.php nshelton@princeton.edu http://psych.princeton.edu/psychology/research/shelton/index.php
J. Nicole Shelton
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08540. predebb@princeton.edu http://psych.princeton.edu/psychology/research/prentice/index.php nshelton@princeton.edu http://psych.princeton.edu/psychology/research/shelton/index.php
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Abstract

A view of inequality as a relationship between the advantaged and the disadvantaged has gained considerable currency in psychological research. However, the implications of this view for theories and interventions designed to reduce inequality remain largely unexplored. Drawing on the literature on close relationships, we identify several key features that a relational theory of social change should include.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 35 , Issue 6 , December 2012 , pp. 444 - 445
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012 

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