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Publication details [#40945]

Weiner, Bernard, P.J. Henry and C. Reyna. 2004. Hate Welfare But Help the Poor: How the Attributional Content of Stereotypes Explains the Paradox of Reactions to the Destitute in America. Journal of Applied Social Psychology 34 (1) : 34–58.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

political language | rhetoric | social status | stereotype

Place, Publisher

Bellwether Publishing

Annotation

The findings of this study suggest that the attributional content within stereotypes of welfare recipients, has the greatest impact on the public's more negative reaction to welfare. These findings are then discussed in terms of how the stereotypes rhetoric may be utilized in the political field.