Cultural Diversity: Its Social Psychology

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