Description
Book SynopsisThis new edition of
Prejudice provides a comprehensive treatment of the subject, introducing the major theoretical ideas as well as providing a critical analysis of recent developments.
- Takes a social psychological perspective, analysing individual behavior as part of a pattern of intergroup processes
- Covers the major research, including classical personality accounts, developmental approaches, socio-cognitive research focussing on categorization and stereotyping, prejudice as an intergroup phenomenon, and ways to combat prejudice
- Illustrates concepts with examples of different kinds of prejudice drawn from everyday life
- Includes a new chapter on prejudice from the victim''s perspective
- Fully updated throughout, with expansion of the notions of explicit and implicit manifestations of prejudice
Trade Review"This new edition of Prejudice provides a comprehensive treatment of the subject, introducing the major theoretical ideas as well as providing a critical analysis of recent developments". (Bulletin, 13 January 2011)
Table of ContentsPreface viii
Acknowledgements x
List of Figures xii
1 The Nature of Prejudice 1
2 Prejudiced Individuals 13
3 Social Categorization and Prejudice 35
4 Stereotyping and Prejudice 68
5 The Development of Prejudice in Children 108
6 Prejudice and Intergroup Relations 143
7 Prejudice Old and New 182
8 Prejudice from the Recipients’ Point of View 219
9 Reducing Prejudice 243
Glossary of Key Terms 281
References 290
Subject Index 339
Author Index 345
