ISBN:
9781848721203
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (289 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Identity and Cultural Diversity : What social psychology can teach us
DDC:
305.8
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Identity and Cultural Diversity examines immigration and its effect on diversity from a social psychological perspective. Immigration increases cultural diversity and raises difficult questions of belonging, adaptation, and the unity of societies: questions of identity may be felt by people struggling with the basic problem of who they are and where they fit in, and although cultural diversity can enrich communities and societies it also sometimes leads to a new tribalism, which threatens democracy and social cohesion.The author Maykel Verkuyten considers how people give mea
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Identity and Cultural Diversity; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; 1 The quest for identity and solidarity; 2 A jellyfish on the beach: about identity; 3 Ethnic discrimination and social validation; 4 Identity development and duality; 5 Blue and brown eyes; 6 Multicultural recognition; 7 A shared sense of 'we'; 8 Conclusion: a way forward; Notes; References; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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