Coping with minority status : responses to exclusion and inclusion / edited by Fabrizio Butera, John M. Levine.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Butera, Fabrizio, 1965- editor.

Levine, John M., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marginality, Social--United States.

Marginality, Social.

Prejudices--United States.

Prejudices.

Minorities--United States.

Minorities.

Discrimination.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 359 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Society consists of numerous interconnected, interacting, and interdependent groups, which differ in power and status. The consequences of belonging to a more powerful, higher-status 'majority' versus a less powerful, lower-status 'minority' can be profound, and the tensions that arise between these groups are the root of society's most difficult problems. To understand the origins of these problems and develop solutions for them, it is necessary to understand the dynamics of majority-minority relations. This volume brings together leading scholars in the fields of stigma, prejudice and discrimination, minority influence, and intergroup relations to provide diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives on what it means to be a minority. The volume, which focuses on the strategies that minorities use in coping with majorities, is organized into three sections: 'Coping with Exclusion: Being Excluded for Who You Are'; 'Coping with Exclusion: Being Excluded for What You Think and Do'; and 'Coping with Inclusion'.

Contents:

On being the target of prejudice: educational implications / Michael Inzlicht, Joshua Aronson, and Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton

To climb or not to climb? When minorities stick to the floor / Margarita Sanchez-Mazas and Annalisa Casini

Managing the message: using social influence and attitude change strategies to confront interpersonal discrimination / Janet Swim ... [et al.]

A new representation of minorities as victims / Serge Moscovici and Juan Pérez

Marginalization through social ostracism: effects of being ignored and excluded / Kipling D. Williams and Adrienne Carter-Sowell

Delinquents as a minority group: accidental tourists in forbidden territory or voluntary emigrées? / Nicholas Emler

Minority group identification: responses to discrimination when group membership is controllable / Jolanda Jetten and Nyla R. Branscombe

Coping with stigmatization: smokers' reactions to antismoking campaigns / Juan Manuel Falomir-Pichastor ... [et al.]

Terrorism as a tactic of minority influence / Xiaoyan Chen and Arie W. Kruglanski

The stigma of racist activism / Kathleen M. Blee

Why groups fall apart: a social psychological model of the schismatic process / Fabio Sani

Multiple identities and the paradox of social inclusion / Manuela Barreto and Naomi Ellemers

Pro-minority policies and cultural change: a dilemma for minorities / Angelica Mucchi-Faina

Influence without credit: how successful minorities respond to social cyptomnesia / Fabrizio Butera, John Levine, and Jean-Pierre Vernet

Influence and its aftermath: motives for agreement among minorities and majorities / Radmila Prislin and P. Niels Christensen.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-19618-3

1-282-39359-6

0-511-64755-7

9786612393594

0-511-80446-6

0-511-60440-8

0-511-60362-2

0-511-65163-5

0-511-60284-7

OCLC:

609845614