Human Diversity: Perspectives on People in Context

How do different group confront and deal with the realities reflected in long–standing social attitudes, policies, laws, and institutions? Leading sociologists draw on current research and thinking to reflect on this fascinating topic.

Spis treści:
OVERVIEW: A PSYCHOLOGY OF HUMAN DIVERSITY.
Toward an Overarching Framework for Diversity (E. Trickett, et al.).
Our Similarities Are Different: Toward a Psychology of Affirmative Diversity (J. Jones).
HUMAN DIVERSITY: PHILOSOPHICAL AND PARADIGMATIC TENETS.
Paradigms of Diversity (R. Watts).
Feminism and Psychology: A Dynamic Interaction (N. Felipe Russo & A. Dabul).
Optimal Theory and the Psychology of Human Diversity (L. James–Meyers & S. Speight).
An Ecological Perspective on Cultural and Ethnic Psychology (J. Berry).
KEY CONCEPTS IN HUMAN DIVERSITY: OPPRESSION, INTERGROUP DYNAMICS, CULTURE, AND IDENTITY.
The Discourse of Oppression in the Social Sciences: Past, Present, and Future (I. Prilleltensky & L. Gonick).
Toward an Ethnography of "Voice′′ and "Silence′′ (S. Reinharz).
A White Man′s Perspective on the Unconscious Processes Within Black–White Relations in the United States (C. Alderfer).
Culture and Human Diversity (W. Lonner).
Culture and Disability: An Anthropological Point of View (J. Scheer).
Acculturation and Human Diversity in a Multicultural Society (D. Birman).
The Conceptualization of Racial Identity and Other "Racial′′ Constructs (J. Helms).
Identity Development and Sexual Orientation: Toward a Model of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Development (A. D′Augelli).
Age as a Dimension of Diversity: The Experience of Being Old (M. Gatz & B. Cotton).
APPLYING PARADIGMS AND CONCEPTS OF HUMAN DIVERSITY: CONDUCTING DIVERSITY–CONSCIOUS RESEARCH AND CREATING SETTINGS SUPPORTIVE OF DIVERSITY.
Empowerment As a Guide to Doing Research: Diversity As a Positiv e Value (J. Rappaport).
"It Ain′t What You Do, It′s the Way That You Do It, That′s What Gets Results′′: Another Look (F. Tyler).
Integration of Ethnic Minorities into Academic Psychology: How It Has Been and What It Could Be (M. Bernal).
Creating Social Settings for Diversity: An Ecological Thesis (J. Kelly, et al.).
Conclusion.

Nota biograficzna:
EDISON J. TRICKETT is professor of psychology at the University of Maryland and serves as Special Assistant on Sociocultural Processes in Mental Health at the National Institute of Mental Health. RODERICK J. WATTS is assistant professor of psychology at DePaul University in Chicago and a community psychologist and licensed clinical psychologist. DINA BIRMAN is a psychologist at in the Refugee Mental Health Branch of the Center for Human Services, U.S. Public Health Service.

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How do different group confront and deal with the realities reflected in long–standing social attitudes, policies, laws, and institutions? Leading sociologists draw on current research and thinking to reflect on this fascinating topic.