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Cultural Diversity: Its Social Psychology

ISBN: 978-0-631-23123-3
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256 pages
January 2004, Wiley-Blackwell
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Foreword by Serge Moscovici.

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

What is Social Psychology About?.

Social Psychology and the Study of Multicultural Societies.

Cultural Memberships and Understanding of the Social World.

Beliefs About Acculturation: The Coexistence of Different Cultures Under the Same Political and Social Organization.

1. Moving Into New Environments: The Perspective of People Belonging to Non-Dominant Cultural Groups:.

Managing Change, Unfamiliar Environments, and Experiences: Acculturation as a Major Life-Change Event.

Transmitting and Retaining One’s Cultural Values, and Challenges to Perceptions of the World and of the Self.

Becoming a Member of the “New Society”: Dealing with Devalued/Minority Identities, Prejudice, and Discrimination.

2. Receiving Immigrants, Perceiving the “Other”: Reactions of People Belonging to Dominant Cultural Groups:.

Social Psychological Theories of Prejudice.

Representations of Groups: Stereotypes and Social Categorization.

Prejudice Linked to Racial Differentiation.

Constructing “Otherness”: Extreme Problematizations Of the Outgroup.

Feeling Threatened: Identity, Change, and Resources.

3. Living Together in Culturally Diverse Societies:.

Reducing Prejudice: Contact and Categorization Issues.

Relationships Between Groups: Issues of Negative and Positive Interdependence and Power.

Superordinate Memberships: The Battle for Group Beliefs.

4. Towards Cultural Diversity: Representations, Identity, and Social Influence:.

The Nation-State: A Powerful Ingroup:.

Supranational Groups, Multiple Identities, and Founding Myths: Developing New Projects.

In the Name of Identity: Self-Knowledge and the Politics of Rights, Claims, and Recognition in Culturally Diverse Societies.

Theoretical Snapshots.

References.

Index

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