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Social Dominance: An Intergroup Theory of Social Hierarchy and Oppression
Jim Sidanius,Felicia Pratto +1 more
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In this paper, the authors present a theory of intergroup relations from visiousness to viciousness, and the psychology of group dominance, as well as the dynamics of the criminal justice system.Abstract:
Part I. From There to Here - Theoretical Background: 1. From visiousness to viciousness: theories of intergroup relations 2. Social dominance theory as a new synthesis Part II. Oppression and its Psycho-Ideological Elements: 3. The psychology of group dominance: social dominance orientation 4. Let's both agree that you're really stupid: the power of consensual ideology Part III. The Circle of Oppression - The Myriad Expressions of Institutional Discrimination: 5. You stay in your part of town and I'll stay in mine: discrimination in the housing and retail markets 6. They're just too lazy to work: discrimination in the labor market 7. They're just mentally and physically unfit: discrimination in education and health care 8. The more of 'them' in prison, the better: institutional terror, social control and the dynamics of the criminal justice system Part IV. Oppression as a Cooperative Game: 9. Social hierarchy and asymmetrical group behavior: social hierarchy and group difference in behavior 10. Sex and power: the intersecting political psychologies of patriarchy and empty-set hierarchy 11. Epilogue.read more
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Discrimination against rural-to-urban migrants: the role of the hukou system in China.
Lei Kuang,Li Liu +1 more
TL;DR: Light is shed on China's reform of its hukou system to achieve social justice and equality from a psychological perspective by predicting discrimination against rural-to-urban migrants using a social distance measure and finding that priming of the proposed abolishment of the system led to reduced discrimination.
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The psychology of intergroup conflict: A review of theories and measures
TL;DR: In this article, the most influential psychological theories of intergroup conflict and their similarities and differences in predicting individual prejudice, discrimination, and conflict engagement are presented and discussed. But they do not address the impact of these theories on intergroup relations.
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Uncertainty, Social Identity, and Ideology
TL;DR: In this paper, a social identity analysis based on Hogg's (2000) uncertainty reduction theory of the emergence and maintenance of ideological belief systems is presented, and contextualized this in a brief discussion of the concept of ideology and in coverage of other contemporary social psychological treatments of ideology.
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"Elective affinities": On the psychological bases of left–right differences.
TL;DR: In this article, the concept of "elective affinities" from the writings of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Max Weber is used to understand psychological receptiveness to ideological messages.
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Children Associate Racial Groups with Wealth: Evidence from South Africa
TL;DR: There were no age-related changes in children's tendency to associate racial groups with wealth differences, and the implications are discussed in light of the general tendency for people to legitimize and perpetuate the status quo.
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