Cultural Divides: Understanding and Overcoming Group Conflict - Hardcover

 
9780871546906: Cultural Divides: Understanding and Overcoming Group Conflict
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0871546906 ISBN 13: 9780871546906
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation, 1999

Synopsis

Can a population of increasingly mixed origins learn to live and work together despite differing cultural backgrounds, or is social polarization by race and ethnicity inevitable? These are the dilemmas explored in Cultural Divides, a compendium of the latest research into the origins and nature of group conflict, by a distinguished group of social psychologists who have joined forces to examine the effects of culture on social life.

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About the Author

DEBORAH A. PRENTICE is associate professor of psychology at Princeton University.

DALE T. MILLER is professor of psychology at Princeton University.

CONTRIBUTORS: Robert P. Abelson, Brenda S. Banker, Marilynn B. Brewer, Sharmaine Vidanage Cheleden, Incheol Choi, Jack Citrin, Jennifer Crocker, John F. Dovidio, Christopher M. Frederico, George M. Fredrickson, Samuel L. Gaertner, Margaret Garnett, Martin P. Gooden, Donald P. Green, Patricia Gurin, Sheena S. Iyengar, James M. Jones, Jason S. Lawrence, Mark R. Lepper, Shana Levin, Leah R. Lin, Gretchen Lopez, Hazel Rose Markus, Dale T. Miller, Biren (Ratnesh) A. Nagda, Jason A. Nier, Richard E. Nisbett, Ara Norenzayan, Timothy Peng, Deborah A. Prentice, Joshua L. Rabinowitz, Lee Ross, David O. Sears, David A. Sherman, Jim Sidanius, Claude Steele, Colette van Laar, William von Hippel, and Christine M. Ward.

Synopsis

Fifteen contributions by psychologists and political scientists attempt to understand, explain, and predict the outcomes of increasing cultural diversity and cultural contact within American institutions. Research on identity, stigmatization, culture, and politics are brought together in attempts to bridge conceptual divides. Chapters discuss the p

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Publisher
Russell Sage Foundation
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0871546906
ISBN 13 
9780871546906
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
560
Editor
Prentice Deborah A., Miller Dale T.

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