The SAGE Handbook of Prejudice, Stereotyping and Discrimination
August 2010 | 672 pages | Sage UK
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The SAGE Handbook of Prejudice, Stereotyping and Discrimination provides comprehensive coverage on the state of research, critical analysis and promising avenues for further study on prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination. Each chapter presents in-depth reviews of specific topics, describing the current state of knowledge and identifying the most productive new directions for future research.

Representing both traditional and emerging perspectives, this multi-disiplinary and truly international volume will serve as a seminal resource for students and scholars.

The Handbook is divided into six main sections.

Part 1: Overview of the Topics examines different conceptual perspectives, historical trends and methods in the study of prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination.

Part 2: Basic Processes reviews the Development Process, Neutral Process, Cognitive Process, Affective Process and Individual Differences.

Part 3: Causes of Prejudice and Stereotyping considers individual, social and cultural processes that perpetuate prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination.

Part 4: Expression of Prejudice, Stereotyping and Discrimination describes the dynamics of the expression of prejudice and stereotyping.

Part 5: Social Impact of Prejudice, Sterotyping and Discrimination considers the consequences of each.

Part 6: Combating Bias explores the ways of reducing bias.

This volume will be an excellent reference resource for advanced students, graduate students and professionals who have a wish or need to learn about the areas of prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination.

Contents

PART ONE: OVERVIEW OF THE TOPIC

  • Prejudice, Stereotyping and Discrimination
  • Theoretical and Empirical Overview
  • Historical Overview
  • Measuring Prejudice, Stereotypes and Discrimination

PART TWO: BASIC PROCESSES AND CAUSES OF PREJUDICE, STEREOTYPING AND DISCRIMINATION

  • Social Cognitive Neural Processes
  • Evolutionary Processes
  • Developmental Perspectives
  • Cognitive Processes
  • Affective Processes
  • Motivational Processes
  • Individual Differences
  • Social Identity and Self-Categorization
  • Ethnocentrism and Group Realities
  • Social Structure
  • Intergroup Competition
  • Mass Media

PART THREE: EXPRESSION OF PREJUDICE, STEREOTYPING AND DISCRIMINATION

  • Attitudes and Intergroup Relations
  • Intergroup Dyadic Interactions
  • Hate Crime
  • Racism
  • Sexism
  • Heterosexism
  • Anti-Immigration Bias

PART FOUR: SOCIAL IMPACT OF PREJUDICE, STEREOTYPING AND DISCRIMINATION

  • Stereotype Threat
  • Internalized Devaluation and Situational Threat
  • Coping with Bias
  • Institutional Bias
  • Bias in Organizations
  • Public Policy
  • Health and Health-Care Disparities

PART FIVE: COMBATING PREJUDICE, STEREOTYPING AND DISCRIMINATION

  • Self-Regulation and Bias
  • Prejudice and Perceiving Multiple Identities
  • Social Categorization
  • Intergroup Contact
  • Individual Mobility
  • Collective Action and Social Change

PART SIX: COMMENTARY: FUTURE RESEARCH ON PREJUDICE, STEREOTYPING AND DISCRIMINATION

  • Looking to the Future

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Description

The SAGE Handbook of Prejudice, Stereotyping and Discrimination provides comprehensive coverage on the state of research, critical analysis and promising avenues for further study on prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination. Each chapter presents in-depth reviews of specific topics, describing the current state of knowledge and identifying the most productive new directions for future research.

Representing both traditional and emerging perspectives, this multi-disiplinary and truly international volume will serve as a seminal resource for students and scholars.

The Handbook is divided into six main sections.

Part 1: Overview of the Topics examines different conceptual perspectives, historical trends and methods in the study of prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination.

Part 2: Basic Processes reviews the Development Process, Neutral Process, Cognitive Process, Affective Process and Individual Differences.

Part 3: Causes of Prejudice and Stereotyping considers individual, social and cultural processes that perpetuate prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination.

Part 4: Expression of Prejudice, Stereotyping and Discrimination describes the dynamics of the expression of prejudice and stereotyping.

Part 5: Social Impact of Prejudice, Sterotyping and Discrimination considers the consequences of each.

Part 6: Combating Bias explores the ways of reducing bias.

This volume will be an excellent reference resource for advanced students, graduate students and professionals who have a wish or need to learn about the areas of prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination.

Contents

PART ONE: OVERVIEW OF THE TOPIC

  • Prejudice, Stereotyping and Discrimination
  • Theoretical and Empirical Overview
  • Historical Overview
  • Measuring Prejudice, Stereotypes and Discrimination

PART TWO: BASIC PROCESSES AND CAUSES OF PREJUDICE, STEREOTYPING AND DISCRIMINATION

  • Social Cognitive Neural Processes
  • Evolutionary Processes
  • Developmental Perspectives
  • Cognitive Processes
  • Affective Processes
  • Motivational Processes
  • Individual Differences
  • Social Identity and Self-Categorization
  • Ethnocentrism and Group Realities
  • Social Structure
  • Intergroup Competition
  • Mass Media

PART THREE: EXPRESSION OF PREJUDICE, STEREOTYPING AND DISCRIMINATION

  • Attitudes and Intergroup Relations
  • Intergroup Dyadic Interactions
  • Hate Crime
  • Racism
  • Sexism
  • Heterosexism
  • Anti-Immigration Bias

PART FOUR: SOCIAL IMPACT OF PREJUDICE, STEREOTYPING AND DISCRIMINATION

  • Stereotype Threat
  • Internalized Devaluation and Situational Threat
  • Coping with Bias
  • Institutional Bias
  • Bias in Organizations
  • Public Policy
  • Health and Health-Care Disparities

PART FIVE: COMBATING PREJUDICE, STEREOTYPING AND DISCRIMINATION

  • Self-Regulation and Bias
  • Prejudice and Perceiving Multiple Identities
  • Social Categorization
  • Intergroup Contact
  • Individual Mobility
  • Collective Action and Social Change

PART SIX: COMMENTARY: FUTURE RESEARCH ON PREJUDICE, STEREOTYPING AND DISCRIMINATION

  • Looking to the Future

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The SAGE Handbook of Prejudice, Stereotyping and Discrimination


August 2010 | 672 pages | Sage UK

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The SAGE Handbook of Prejudice, Stereotyping and Discrimination provides comprehensive coverage on the state of research, critical analysis and promising avenues for further study on prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination. Each chapter presents in-depth reviews of specific topics, describing the current state of knowledge and identifying the most productive new directions for future research.

Representing both traditional and emerging perspectives, this multi-disiplinary and truly international volume will serve as a seminal resource for students and scholars.

The Handbook is divided into six main sections.

Part 1: Overview of the Topics examines different conceptual perspectives, historical trends and methods in the study of prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination.

Part 2: Basic Processes reviews the Development Process, Neutral Process, Cognitive Process, Affective Process and Individual Differences.

Part 3: Causes of Prejudice and Stereotyping considers individual, social and cultural processes that perpetuate prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination.

Part 4: Expression of Prejudice, Stereotyping and Discrimination describes the dynamics of the expression of prejudice and stereotyping.

Part 5: Social Impact of Prejudice, Sterotyping and Discrimination considers the consequences of each.

Part 6: Combating Bias explores the ways of reducing bias.

This volume will be an excellent reference resource for advanced students, graduate students and professionals who have a wish or need to learn about the areas of prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination.


Table Of Contents:

  • PART ONE: OVERVIEW OF THE TOPIC
  • Prejudice, Stereotyping and Discrimination
  • Theoretical and Empirical Overview
  • Historical Overview
  • Measuring Prejudice, Stereotypes and Discrimination
  • PART TWO: BASIC PROCESSES AND CAUSES OF PREJUDICE, STEREOTYPING AND DISCRIMINATION
  • Social Cognitive Neural Processes
  • Evolutionary Processes
  • Developmental Perspectives
  • Cognitive Processes
  • Affective Processes
  • Motivational Processes
  • Individual Differences
  • Social Identity and Self-Categorization
  • Ethnocentrism and Group Realities
  • Social Structure
  • Intergroup Competition
  • Mass Media
  • PART THREE: EXPRESSION OF PREJUDICE, STEREOTYPING AND DISCRIMINATION
  • Attitudes and Intergroup Relations
  • Intergroup Dyadic Interactions
  • Hate Crime
  • Racism
  • Sexism
  • Heterosexism
  • Anti-Immigration Bias
  • PART FOUR: SOCIAL IMPACT OF PREJUDICE, STEREOTYPING AND DISCRIMINATION
  • Stereotype Threat
  • Internalized Devaluation and Situational Threat
  • Coping with Bias
  • Institutional Bias
  • Bias in Organizations
  • Public Policy
  • Health and Health-Care Disparities
  • PART FIVE: COMBATING PREJUDICE, STEREOTYPING AND DISCRIMINATION
  • Self-Regulation and Bias
  • Prejudice and Perceiving Multiple Identities
  • Social Categorization
  • Intergroup Contact
  • Individual Mobility
  • Collective Action and Social Change
  • PART SIX: COMMENTARY: FUTURE RESEARCH ON PREJUDICE, STEREOTYPING AND DISCRIMINATION
  • Looking to the Future

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