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Social dominance : an intergroup theory of social hierarchy and oppression / Jim Sidanius, Felicia Pratto.

By: Sidanius, Jim
Contributor(s): Pratto, Felicia
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001Edition: First paperback editionDescription: x, 403 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0521805406 (pbk.)Subject(s): Social groups | Social conflict | Social psychology | Dominance (Psychology) | Oppression (Psychology)Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-388) and indexes.
Contents:
From viciousness to viciousness: theories of intergroup relations -- Social dominance theory: a new synthesis -- The psychology of group dominance: social dominance orientation -- "Lets both agree that you're really stupid": the power of consensual ideology -- "You stay in your part of town, and I'll stay in mine": discrimination in the housing and retail markets -- "They're just too lazy to work": discrimination in the labor market -- "They're just mentally and physically unfit": discrimination in education and health care -- "The more of 'them' in prison, the better": institutional terror, social control, and the dynamics of the criminal justice system -- Social hierarchy and asymmetrical group behavior -- Sex and power: the intersecting political psychologies of patriarchy and arbitrary-set hierarchy.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-388) and indexes.

From viciousness to viciousness: theories of intergroup relations -- Social dominance theory: a new synthesis -- The psychology of group dominance: social dominance orientation -- "Lets both agree that you're really stupid": the power of consensual ideology -- "You stay in your part of town, and I'll stay in mine": discrimination in the housing and retail markets -- "They're just too lazy to work": discrimination in the labor market -- "They're just mentally and physically unfit": discrimination in education and health care -- "The more of 'them' in prison, the better": institutional terror, social control, and the dynamics of the criminal justice system -- Social hierarchy and asymmetrical group behavior -- Sex and power: the intersecting political psychologies of patriarchy and arbitrary-set hierarchy.

Originally published: 1999.

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