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This volume focuses on two questions: why do people from one social group oppress and discriminate against people from other groups? and why is this oppression so mind numbingly difficult to eliminate? The answers to these questions are framed using the conceptual framework of social dominance theory. Social dominance theory argues that the major forms of intergroup conflict, such as racism, classism and patriarchy, are all basically derived from the basic human predisposition to form and maintain hierarchical and group-based systems of social organization. In essence, social dominance theory presumes that, beneath major and sometimes profound difference between different human societies, there is also a basic grammar of social power shared by all societies in common. We use social dominance theory in an attempt to identify the elements of this grammar and to understand how these elements interact and reinforce each other to produce and maintain group-based social hierarchy.
Explores the late-1990s debate surrounding the sources of racism in America. The essays represent three major approaches: the social psychological, the social structural and the non-racially inspired ideology. It assesses the issues on the role of racism in mass politics and public opinion.
Amidst discontent over diversity, racial identity is a lens through which many US white Americans now view the political world.
The European Review of Social Psychology is an annual series thatreflects the dynamism of social psychology in Europe and theattention now paid to European ideas and research. Although open to authors from all nations, one of its majorpurposes is to further the international exchange of ideas byproviding an outlet for substantial accounts of theoretical andempirical work that has not been previously published in English.With the help of an editorial board consisting of senior scholarsfrom various European countries and the USA, the editors inviteoutstanding researchers to contribute to these volumes. Theemphasis of these contributions is on critical assessment of majorareas of research and of substantial individual programmes ofresearch as well as on topics and initiatives of contemporaryinterest and originality The authors of this tenth volume are drawn form Europe and theUnited States, and represent the international scope and qualitywhich are hallmarks of this series.
It has been half a century since the publication of An American Dilemma, Gunnar Myrdal's seminal work on race in America. The cleavage between the politics of race of the 1940s and the 1990s is that race has become a greater dilemma than ever before. This book is an attempt to contribute to a fresh understanding of prejudice, politics, and the American dilemma. It presents new lines of questions by deliberately inter-weaving two perspectives, the first taking up issues of race focusing on whites, the second on blacks. The contributors are drawn from several disciplines in the social sciences, sociologists, psychometricians, social and personality psychologists, demographers and political scientists of several persuasions. The book represents an important shift in perspectives, both theoretical and methodological, in the study of race and American politics.
Advances in Experimental Social Psychology continues to be one of the most sought after and most often cited series in this field. Containing contributions of major empirical and theoretical interest, this series represents the best and the brightest in new research, theory, and practice in social psychology.
Taking the possibility of change in ethnic identity into account, this book shows and dismantles the theoretical logics linking ethnic diversity to negative outcomes and processes such as democratic destabilisation, clientelism, riots and state collapse. Even more importantly, it changes the questions we can ask about the relationship between ethnicity, politics and economics.
"Social Dominance Orientation" explores the psychological foundations of group dominance and how some individuals support the dominance of specific groups over others. 1: Social Dominance Orientation: Introduces the core concept and its influence on social and political behavior. 2: Right-wing authoritarian personality: Explores authoritarian personalities and their support of hierarchical structures. 3: System justification: Analyzes why individuals support existing social systems that reinforce inequality, impacting social order. 4: The Authoritarian Personality: Examines the historical roots of authoritarianism and its influence on contemporary political ideology. 5: Social dominance theo...
Abdelal, Herrera, Johnston, and McDermott have brought together leading scholars from a variety of disciplines to consider the conceptual and methodological challenges associated with treating identity as a variable, offer a synthetic theoretical framework, and demonstrate the possibilities offered by various methods of measurement.
As quickly as an American, anti-racist consensus formed in the wake of George Floyd’s death, it seemed to evaporate under the pressures of a highly polarized political system. How do we escape the trap of polarization to reconstruct a consensus for meaningful action against racism? In this book, the lessons of history, problems understanding modern racism, and American political parties’ approaches to racism are analyzed from a person-centered, psychological perspective. The author prioritizes arguments and research findings that emphasize humanity and carry “moral weight:” the perspective must demonstrate how racism violates our fundamental sense of right and wrong. The author's analysis of research and history concludes that morality, humanity, and racism are interrelated and mutually influential. The author shows that moral conviction against racism increases the likelihood of meaningful change; this conviction is nurtured through a deeper understanding of the human costs of racism for all Americans. This is the path to higher ground where Americans can unite to pursue true equality.