Identity and cultural diversity : what social psychology can teach us / Maykel Verkuyten.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Verkuyten, M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural pluralism.

Multiculturalism.

Immigrants--Cultural assimilation.

Immigrants.

Nationalism.

Group identity.

Ethnicity.

Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

Emigration and immigration.

Physical Description:

280 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Hove, East Sussex : Routledge, 2014.

Summary:

"Identity and Cultural Diversity examines immigration and its effect on diversity from a social psychological perspective. Immigration increases cultural diversity and raises difficult questions of belonging, adaptation, and the unity of societies: questions of identity may be felt by people struggling with the basic problem of who they are and where they fit in, and although cultural diversity can enrich communities and societies it also sometimes leads to a new tribalism, which threatens democracy and social cohesion. The author Maykel Verkuyten considers how people give meaning to the fact that they belong to ethnic, racial, religious and national groups, and the implications this can have for social cohesion." -- Publisher website.

Contents:

The quest for identity and solidarity

A jellyfish on the beach: about identity

Ethnic discrimination and social validation

Identity development and duality

Blue and brown eyes

Multicultural recognition

A shared sense of 'we'

Conclusion: a way forward.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781848721203

184872120X

9781848721210

1848721218

OCLC:

828265083