2nd Edition

The Social Psychology of Ethnic Identity

By Maykel Verkuyten Copyright 2018
348 Pages
by Routledge

348 Pages
by Routledge

348 Pages
by Routledge

In contrast to other disciplines, social psychology has been slow in responding to the questions posed by the issue of ethnicity. The Social Psychology of Ethnic Identity, Second Edition, demonstrates the important and diverse contribution that social psychology can make. Comprehensively updated to include the latest research on dual and multiple identities, mutual links between sense of... Read more

Contents

About the author

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Ethnic identity and social psychology

2 Ethnicity

3 Social identity

4 The sense of ethnic identity

5 Ethnic minority identity: comparisons, essentialism, and settings

6 Multiple group memberships

7 The ethnic self: dimensions and development

8 Conclusion: Towards a better understanding

Biography

Maykel Verkuyten is a professor in interdisciplinary social science at Utrecht University and the academic director of the European Center on Migration and Ethnic Relations (ERCOMER).