Intergroup Misunderstandings: Impact of Divergent Social Realities - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1848728034 ISBN 13: 9781848728035

Publisher: Psychology Press, 2008

Synopsis

The objectives of the volume are to direct the field’s attention to the unique value of studying interactions between members of different groups and to offer the most up-to-date summaries of prominent and cutting-edge scholarship on this topic written by leading scholars in the field.

A central theme of the volume is that improvement in intergroup relationships will only be possible if social scientists simultaneously take into account both the attitudes, beliefs, emotions, and actions of the different groups that shape the nature of intergroup relations. Understanding how members of different groups interact is critical beyond the value of understanding how majority groups behave and how minority groups respond in isolation. Indeed, as the book exemplifies, groups interpret their interaction differently, experiencing different social realities; approach interactions with different goals; and engage each other with different, and often non-compatible, means or strategies. These different realities, goals, and strategies can produce misunderstanding, suspicion, and conflict even when initial intentions are positive and cooperative.

The book will be of interest to professionals and students in social psychology, sociology, social work, education, political science, and conflict management, as well as scholars, students, and practitioners interested in anti-bias education and prejudice reduction techniques and strategies.

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Stephanie Demoulin, Jacques-Philippe Leyens, John F Dovidio

Edition details

• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1848728034
• ISBN 13: 9781848728035
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 374
• Editor: Demoulin Stephanie, Leyens Jacques-Philippe, Dovidio John F