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Using political sanctions to discourage intergroup attacks: Social identity and authority legitimacy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2019

Karolina Urbanska Open the ORCID record for Karolina Urbanska [Opens in a new window]  and
Sam Pehrson
Karolina Urbanska
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Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 2LT, United Kingdom. karolina.urbanska@uca.frhttps://kurbanska.wordpress.com/
Sam Pehrson
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School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews KY16 9JP, United Kingdom. sdp21@st-andrews.ac.ukhttps://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/samuel-david-pehrson%283f30535e-da67-4f49-be2a-636671eff92a%29.html
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Abstract

De Dreu and Gross offer novel solutions to discouraging attackers via political sanctions. We offer insights from social psychological and criminological research on when such sanctions would work and when they could backfire. We argue that the influence of such sanctioning ultimately rests upon the extent to which such authorities can claim to represent the society that they serve.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 42 , 2019 , e143
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