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A Theory of System Justification

JOST, JOHN T.·2020·Harvard University Press eBooks

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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.

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Authors: JOST, J. T.
Corresponding author: JOST, JOHN T.
ORCID: JOST, JOHN T.
Venue: Harvard University Press eBooks
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2020-07-14
DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv13qfw6w
OpenAlex: W3038554755
Cited by: 308
References: 0
Citations by year: 2026: 32 · 2025: 71 · 2024: 62 · 2023: 57 · 2022: 49 · 2021: 28 · 2020: 5
FWCI: 40.05
Type: book
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Harvard University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social Power and Status Dynamics
Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
Keywords: system justification theory, social inequality, oppression, certainty, social acceptance, political attitudes, gender pay gap

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