Understanding Race and Ethnic Relations
ISBN: 9780205530564 | 0205530567
Edition: 3rdFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Pub. Date: 1/1/2008
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Provides the reader with a brief introduction to the core theories, concepts and issues concerning race and ethnic relations in the United States. The book discusses the changing face of ethnicity, and dominant-minority relationships. Examines the most current Census Bureau projections to speculate what U.S. race, religion, and ethnicity might be like in the mid-21st century. Coverage of minority groups, as well as racial and ethnic groups in today's American society is provided. Prejudice and discrimination, as well as ethnocentrism, and the d... MORE
| The Study of Minorities The Stranger as a Social Phenomenon | |
| Similarity and Attraction | |
| Social Distance | |
| Perceptions | |
| Interactions A Sociological Perspective | |
| Functional Theory | |
| Conflict Theory | |
| Interactionist Theory Minority Groups | |
| Development of a Definition | |
| Minority-Group Characteristics Racial and Ethni... MORE | |
| In the United States | |
| In Other Times and Lands | |
| Eurocentrism and Afrocentrism Objectivity The Dillingham Flaw Personal Troubles and Public Issues The Dynamics of Intergroup Relations Retrospect Key Terms Review Questions Suggested Readings Internet Resources | |
| The Role of Culture The Concept of Culture | |
| The Reality Construct Cultural Change | |
| Cultural Diffusion | |
| Subcultures Theories of Minority Integration | |
| Assimilation (Majority-Conformity Theory) | |
| Amalgamation (Melting-Pot Theory) | |
| Accommodation (Pluralistic Theory) Is There a White Culture? Retrospect Key Terms Review Questions Suggested Readings Internet Resources | |
| Ethnic and Racial Stratification Stratification Social Class | |
| Class Consciousness | |
| Ethnicity and Social Class | |
| Blaming the Poor or Society? Intergroup Conflict | |
| Cultural Differentiation | |
| Structural Differentiation Ethnic Stratification | |
| The Power-Differential Theory | |
| The Internal-Colonialism Theory | |
| Origins of Ethnic Stratification Retrospect Key Terms Review Questions Suggested Readings Internet Resources | |
| Prejudice The Psychology of Prejudice | |
| Levels of Prejudice | |
| Self-Justification | |
| Personality | |
| Frustration The Sociology of Prejudice | |
| Socialization | |
| Economic Competition | |
| Social Norms Stereotyping | |
| Ethnophaulisms | |
| Ethnic Humor The Influence of Television | |
| Perpetuation of Stereotypes | |
| Influencing of Attitudes | |
| Ingroup and Outgroup Perceptions The Influence of Advertising and Music | |
| Advertising | |
| Music Can Prejudice Be Reduced? | |
| Interaction | |
| Information Diversity Training Retrospect Key Terms Review Questions Suggested Readings Internet Resources | |
| Discrimination Levels of Discrimination Relationships between Prejudice and Discrimination Social and Institutional Discrimination The Affirmative-Action Controversy | |
| The Concepts of Justice, Liberty, and Equality | |
| Affirmative Action Begins | |
| Court Challenges and Rulings | |
| Has Affirmative Action Worked? | |
| Public Opinion Racial Profiling Retrospect | |
| Key Terms Review Questions Suggested | |
| Readings Internet Resources | |
| Dominant-Minority Relations Minority-Group Responses Ethnic- and Racial-Group Identity | |
| Avoidance | |
| Deviance | |
| Defiance | |
| Acceptance Consequences of Minority-Group Status | |
| Negative Self-Image | |
| The Vicious Circle | |
| Marginality | |
| Middleman Minorities Dominant-Group Responses | |
| Legislative Controls | |
| Segregation | |
| Expulsion | |
| Xenophobia | |
| Annihilation | |
| Hate Groups | |
| Hate Crimes Exploitation Retrospect | |
| Key Terms Review Questions | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| Internet Resources Chap | |
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