Synopses & Reviews
This comprehensive book helps readers understand the prejudice and discrimination that exists against various stigmatized groups. It reviews what is currently known about how their members respond to prejudice, and explores possible strategies—at the individual, group, and societal levels—for reducing prejudice. Chapter topics examine racism, sexism, and antigay prejudice; values; stereotyping and categorization; individual differences in prejudice; inter-group relations; and stigma and identity. For anyone interested in understanding and eliminating the factors that give rise to antipathy.
Synopsis
In this first edition, Melinda Jones, Director of the University Honors Program at the University of Memphis, combines traditional and contemporary approaches to prejudice. While identifying the origins of prejudice and offering a historical perspective, the text covers broader topics such as ethnic prejudice, sexism, and antigay prejudice. The text offers up-to-date research on issues including intergroup relations and social identity and recommends strategies for the reduction of stereotyping and prejudice.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction to Prejudice and Discrimination.
2. Racism, Sexism, and Antigay Prejudice.
3. Values and Prejudice.
4. Cognitive Components of Prejudice: Stereotyping and Categorization.
5. Individual Differences in Prejudice.
6. Intergroup Relations.
7. Stigma and Identity.
8. Reducing Prejudice.