Prejudice Books

New and Published Books

1. Race, Racism and Psychology, 2nd Edition

   Towards a Reflexive History

   By Graham Richards

   This book offers a comprehensive overview of the ways in which Psychology has engaged with 'race' and racism issues since the late 19th century. It emphasizes the complexities and convolutions of the story and attempts to elucidate the subtleties and occasional paradoxes that have arisen as a...

   Published November 29th 2011 by Routledge
2. A Critical Psychology of the Postcolonial

   The Mind of Apartheid

   By Derek Hook

   An oft-neglected element of postcolonial thought is the explicitly psychological dimension of many of its foundational texts. This unprecedented volume explores the relation between these two disciplinary domains by treating the work of a variety of anti-colonial authors as serious psychological...

   Published November 22nd 2011 by Routledge
3. When Groups Meet

   The Dynamics of Intergroup Contact

   By Thomas F. Pettigrew, Linda R. Tropp

   Series: Essays in Social Psychology

   Research and theory on intergroup contact have become one of the fastest advancing and most exciting fields in social psychology in recent years. The work is exciting because it combines basic social psychological concerns -- human interaction, situational influences on behavior -- with an...

   Published March 24th 2011 by Psychology Press
4. The Scientist and the Humanist

   A Festschrift in Honor of Elliot Aronson

   Edited by Marti Hope Gonzales, Carol Tavris, Joshua Aronson

   Series: Modern Pioneers in Psychological Science: An APS-Psychology Press Series

   Elliot Aronson is among the 100 most influential psychologists of the 20th Century. He is best known for his theorizing and research on cognitive dissonance theory -- one of the most provocative and enduring theories in contemporary psychology -- and for his design of the "jigsaw...

   Published May 4th 2010 by Psychology Press
5. The Psychology of Justice and Legitimacy

   Edited by D. Ramona Bobocel, Aaron C. Kay, Mark P. Zanna, James M. Olson

   Series: Ontario Symposia on Personality and Social Psychology Series

   In response to the international turmoil, violence, and increasing ideological polarization, social psychological interest in the topics of legitimacy and social justice has blossomed considerably. Social psychologists have explored the psychological underpinnings of people’s reactions to injustice...

   Published October 27th 2009 by Psychology Press
6. Handbook of Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Discrimination

   Edited by Todd D. Nelson

   This Handbook provides a uniquely comprehensive and scholarly overview of the latest research on prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination. All chapters are written by eminent prejudice researchers who explore key topics, by presenting an overview of current research and, where appropriate,...

   Published February 16th 2009 by Psychology Press
7. Intergroup Misunderstandings

   Impact of Divergent Social Realities

   Edited by Stephanie Demoulin, Jacques-Philippe Leyens, John F Dovidio

   The objectives of the volume are to direct the field’s attention to the unique value of studying interactions between members of different groups and to offer the most up-to-date summaries of prominent and cutting-edge scholarship on this topic written by leading scholars in the field. A central...

   Published December 9th 2008 by Psychology Press
8. Colonialism and Genocide

   Edited by Dirk Moses, Dan Stone

   Previously published as a special issue of Patterns of Prejudice, this is the first book to link colonialism and genocide in a systematic way in the context of world history. It fills a significant gap in the current understanding on genocide and the Holocaust, which sees them overwhelmingly as...

   Published December 23rd 2007 by Routledge
9. Multiple Social Categorization

   Processes, Models and Applications

   Edited by Richard J. Crisp, Miles Hewstone

   'Ethnic cleansing', 'institutional racism', and 'social exclusion' are just some of the terms used to describe one of the most pressing social issues facing today’s societies: prejudice and intergroup discrimination. Invariably, these pervasive social problems can be traced back to differences in...

   Published October 11th 2006 by Psychology Press
10. Standards and Expectancies

    Contrast and Assimilation in Judgments of Self and Others

    By Monica Biernat

    Series: Essays in Social Psychology

    This book examines how standards and expectancies affect judgments of others and the self. Standards are points of comparison, expectancies are beliefs about the future, and both serve as frames of reference against which current events and people (including the self) are experienced. The central...

    Published September 18th 2005 by Psychology Press