Theories of Intergroup Relations: International Social Psychological Perspectives

As the world faces an array of increasingly pervasive and dangerous social conflicts--race riots, ethnic cleansing, the threat of terrorism, labor disputes, and violence against women, children, and the elderly, to name a few--the study of how groups relate has taken on a role of vital importance to our society. In this thoroughly updated and expanded second edition, major international theoretical orientations to intergroup relations are outlined and critiqued, with particular attention given to exciting new developments in the field. Changes in approach to such enduring social issues as discrimination are discussed, and new sections focus on emerging topics including affirmative action, tokenism, and multiculturalism.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Moghaddam, Fathali M.

Taylor, Donald M.

Psychology & Counseling

Praeger

As the world faces an array of increasingly pervasive and dangerous social conflicts--race riots, ethnic cleansing, the threat of terrorism, labor disputes, and violence against women, children, and the elderly, to name a few--the study of how groups relate has taken on a role of vital importance to our society. In this thoroughly updated and expanded second edition, major international theoretical orientations to intergroup relations are outlined and critiqued, with particular attention given to exciting new developments in the field. Changes in approach to such enduring social issues as discrimination are discussed, and new sections focus on emerging topics including affirmative action, tokenism, and multiculturalism.

The Self and Others: Positioning Individuals and Groups in Personal, Political, and Cultural Contexts

This volume focuses on relations between the self and other individuals, the self and groups, and the self and context. Leading scholars in the field of positioning theory present the newest developments from this field on human social relations. The discussion is international, multidisciplinary, and multi-method, aiming to achieve a more dynamic and powerful account of human social relations, and to break disciplinary boundaries.Four features in this work are prominent. The book is culturally oriented and international. There is a push to move across disciplines, particularly across psychology and linguistics, and psychology and microsociology. There is a focus on language and social construction of the world through discourse. Finally, the book represents a multi-method approach that reflects discursive methods.

Harré, Rom

Presenting a picture of the world giving rise to Islamic terrorism, From the Terrorists' Point of View argues that terrorism arises from a deep and pervasive identity crisis in Islamic societies. The account presented in these 10 chapters is shaped by the author's first-hand experiences of life in the Islamic world, as well as his more than quarter-century of research on the psychology of conflict and radicalism. Moghaddam shows us why individuals who are recruited into terrorist organizations are convinced it is the only viable alternative. They believe there are no effective legal means of expressing their grievances and participating in decision making, so they become socialized to see terrorist organizations as legitimate. The organizations they join train them to adopt an us vs. them categorical view, seeing all members outside their group, including civilians, as among the evil enemy ranks.
Looking at the perspective of the terrorist groups themselves, Moghaddam explains why current U.S. policy, focusing almost exclusively on individual terrorists and their eradication, will achieve only short-term gains. He argues that the more effective long-term policy against terrorism is prevention. That, he writes, requires cultivation and nourishment of contextualized democracy through culturally appropriate avenues. Only allowing people a greater voice and creating mobility opportunities for them will ensure that they do not feel a need to climb the staircase to terrorism.

From the Terrorists' Point of View: What They Experience and Why They Come to Destroy (Praeger Security International)

History

Military

This book explores modern Islamic terrorism in the context of globalization and cultural evolution. 21st century terrorism is different and new, first because it relies heavily on electronic communication systems and other aspects of modern technologies, and second, because it is in large part a product of fractured globalization, with its associated threats to the collective identity of Muslims. Part one of this work contrasts globalization as an ideal with globalization as it is actually taking place, with its enormous contradictions and threats. Moghaddam, a longtime and highly respected terrorism and conflict researcher, argues that globalization is resulting in serious threats to the basic psychological needs of some, particularly in connection with collective identity. Part two explores how globalization has brought sudden contact between different groups with no previous history of large-scale contact, resulting in a rapid decline in diversity. Terrorism is one of the dysfunctional defense mechanisms of people in such conditions, facing external threats. Part three describes long-term solutions, focusing particularly on the role of women and the nature of the family in traditional Islamic societies.
Moghaddam shows us why globalization is resulting in what he calls catastrophic evolution, the rapid decline and disappearance of minority cultures and languages, and why that brings a clash of ideologies and the rise of extremism. There are also other dangerous trends, and those call for inspired solutions, springing from an understanding that traditional conflict-resolution, evolved in the shadow of the Cold War, is no longer effective and needs to change.

How Globalization Spurs Terrorism: The Lopsided Benefits of One World and Why That Fuels Violence (Praeger Security International)

World

A noted conflict expert shows how accelerating globalization is causing dangerous global insecurity that must be met by new security models and policies.
The New Global Insecurity: How Terrorism, Environmental Collapse, Economic Inequalities, and Resource Shortages Are Changing Our World explores insecurity arising out of accelerating globalization. In this unique and forward-thinking work, psychologist Fathali M. Moghaddam, director of the Conflict Studies Program at Georgetown University, explains how and why worldwide insecurity is rising and what steps we must take to quell or reverse that insecurity to make the future of the world more peaceful.
The book first analyzes the elements and roots of global insecurity, discussing it in relation to terrorism, torture, economic instability, threatened identity, and religious fundamentalism. It then puts forward a new model for understanding security, wherein "soft security capital" serves as the enabling condition for "hard security capital." Finally, the current policies for managing diversity, "multiculturalism" and "assimilation" are both rejected in favor of an exciting new policy―"omniculturalism". Drawing on his years of study and expertise, Moghaddam likewise proposes a new policy for better managing intergroup relations in an insecure age.

The New Global Insecurity: How Terrorism, Environmental Collapse, Economic Inequalities, and Resource Shortages Are Changing Our World (Praeger Security International)

Social Psychology in Cross-Cultural Perspective

Acknowledging the growing cultural diversity in many societies, social psychologists are exploring the wide-ranging influence of ethnicity, gender, race, social class, and other cultural factors on social behaviour. Such cross-cultural considerations are now seen as vital to understanding behaviour within any given society, as well as across societies around the world. Drawing on these exciting developments, "Social Psychology in Cross Cultural Perspective" analyzes the most important topics in social psychology including social cognition, social influence, and social relations-from a cross-cultural perspective. It is an introductory text which elucidates the link between culture and individual social behaviour.

Wright, Stephen C.

W.H.Freeman & Co.

Acknowledging the growing cultural diversity in many societies, social psychologists are exploring the wide-ranging influence of ethnicity, gender, race, social class, and other cultural factors on social behaviour. Such cross-cultural considerations are now seen as vital to understanding behaviour within any given society, as well as across societies around the world. Drawing on these exciting developments, "Social Psychology in Cross Cultural Perspective" analyzes the most important topics in social psychology including social cognition, social influence, and social relations-from a cross-cultural perspective. It is an introductory text which elucidates the link between culture and individual social behaviour.

Worth Publishers

An authority on cross-cultural issues, Professor Moghaddam offers a global perspective on social psychology while presenting a mainstream approach. Whereas many social psychologists accept that certain 'universals' of behaviour have been uncovered through research, these, says the author, are often based on white middle-class cultures and do not always carry over so easily to other cultures. The book is in full colour throughout and includes end-of-chapter summaries with lists of key terms, discussion questions and annotated reading. Undergraduates in social psychology will find this introductory text both informative and absorbing. Supplements: Instructor's Manual/Student Study Guide/Test Bank/Computerized Test Banks (IBM/Mac)

Social Psychology: Exploring Universals Across Cultures

Student Study Guide: for Social Psychology

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Theories of Intergroup Relations: International Social Psychological Perspectives

Theories of Intergroup Relations: International Social Psychological Perspectives

The Self and Others: Positioning Individuals and Groups in Personal, Political, and Cultural Contexts

From the Terrorists' Point of View: What They Experience and Why They Come to Destroy (Praeger Security International)

How Globalization Spurs Terrorism: The Lopsided Benefits of One World and Why That Fuels Violence (Praeger Security International)

The New Global Insecurity: How Terrorism, Environmental Collapse, Economic Inequalities, and Resource Shortages Are Changing Our World (Praeger Security International)

Social Psychology in Cross-Cultural Perspective

Social Psychology in Cross-Cultural Perspective

Social Psychology: Exploring Universals Across Cultures

Student Study Guide: for Social Psychology