CHAPTER OUTLINE
Theories of Intergroup Relations
Theories Based on Psychological States
- Freud and the irrational basis of intergroup conflict
- Equity theory
- Relative deprivation theory
Theories Based on Material Conditions
- Social identity theory
- The five-stage model
- Realistic conflict theory
- Resource mobilization theory
- Justice and culture
- Some practical applications
From Theory to Practice: Managing Cultural Diversity
- The challenge of cultural diversity
- Assimilation in a global context
- Social psychological assumptions underlying assimilation
- A critical assessment of assimilation
- Multiculturalism
- Social psychological assumptions underlying multiculturalism
- A critical assessment of multiculturalism
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