Prejudice: Its Social Psychology
Rupert Brown
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Description for Prejudice: Its Social Psychology
Hardcover. Fully updated and illustrated throughout with examples drawn from current affairs and everyday life, the second 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. Num Pages: 368 pages, ill. BIC Classification: JFF; JMH; JPVK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 184 x 26. Weight in Grams: 760.
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.
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.
- 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405113069
SKU
V9781405113069
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99-50
About Rupert Brown
Rupert Brown is Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Sussex. He has taught courses on prejudice, group processes, and intergroup relations for over 25 years, and published widely in these fields. His books include Group Processes (second edition, Blackwell, 2000) and, as co-editor, the Blackwell Handbook of Social Psychology: Intergroup Relations (Blackwell, 2001) and Social Identities (2006).
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