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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 demonstrates the important contribution that psychology can make. The central aim of this book is to show, on the one hand, that social psychology can be used to develop a better understanding of ethnicity and, on the other hand, that increased attention to ethnicity can benefit social psychology, filling in theoretical and empirical gaps. Based on recent research, The Social Psychology of Ethnic Identity brings an original approach to subjects such as: * ethnic minority identity: place, space and time* hyphenated identities and hybridity* self-descriptions and the ethnic self. The combination of diverse approaches to this burgeoning field will be of interest to social psychologists as well as those interested in issues of identity, ethnicity and migration.
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The Social Psychology of Ethnic Identity
European Monographs in Social Psychology Sponsored by the European Association of Experimental Psychology Series Editor: Professor Rupert Brown, Department of Psychology, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NP The aim of this series is to publish and promote the highest quality of writing in European social psychology. The editor and the editorial board encourage publications which approach social psychology from a wide range of theoretical perspectives and whose content may be applied, theoretical or empirical. The authors of books in this series should be affiliated to institutions that are located in countries which would qualify for membership of the Association. All books will be published in English, and translations from other European languages are welcomed. Please submit ideas and proposals for books in the series to Rupert Brown at the above address. Published The Quantitative Analysis of Social Representations Willem Doise, Alain Clemence, and Fabio Lorenzi-Cioldi A Radical Dissonance Theory Jean-Léon Beauvois and Robert-Vincent Joule The Social Psychology of Collective Action Caroline Kelly and Sara Breinlinger Social Context and Cognitive Performance Jean-Marc Monteil and Pascal Huguet Conflict and Decision-Making in Close Relationships Erich Kirchler, Christa Rodler, Erik Hölzl, and Katja Meier Stereotyping as Inductive Hypothesis Testing Klaus Fiedler and Eva Walther Intergroup Relations in States of the Former Soviet Union Louk Hagendoorn, Hub Linssen, and Sergei Tumanov The Social Psychology of Ethnic Identity Maykel Verkuyten Forthcoming Title The Passionate Intersection of Desire and Knowledge Gregory Maio
The Social Psychology of Ethnic Identity
Maykel Verkuyten
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