Social dominance : an intergroup theory of social hierarchy and oppresion
This book suggests that the major forms in intergroup conflict, such as racism, classism and patriarchy, are derived from the human predisposition to form and maintain hierarchical and group-based systems of social organization. Social dominance theory is used to identify different elements that interact and reinforce each other to produce and maintain group-based social hierarchy.
Print Book, English, 2001
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2001
x, 403 p.
9780521622905, 9780521805407, 0521622905, 0521805406
644997487
Part I. From There to Here - Theoretical Background: 1. From visiousness to viciousness: theories of intergroup relations; 2. Social dominance theory as a new synthesis; Part II. Oppression and its Psycho-Ideological Elements: 3. The psychology of group dominance: social dominance orientation; 4. Let's both agree that you're really stupid: the power of consensual ideology; Part III. The Circle of Oppression - The Myriad Expressions of Institutional Discrimination: 5. You stay in your part of town and I'll stay in mine: discrimination in the housing and retail markets; 6. They're just too lazy to work: discrimination in the labor market; 7. They're just mentally and physically unfit: discrimination in education and health care; 8. The more of 'them' in prison, the better: institutional terror, social control and the dynamics of the criminal justice system; Part IV. Oppression as a Cooperative Game: 9. Social hierarchy and asymmetrical group behavior: social hierarchy and group difference in behavior; 10. Sex and power: the intersecting political psychologies of patriarchy and empty-set hierarchy; 11. Epilogue.