Beauty Bias: Discrimination and Social Power
ISBN: 9780275990121 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Society has always been fixated on looks and celebrities, but how we look has deep ramifications for ordinary people too. In this book, Bonnie Berry explains how social inequality pertains to prejudice and discrimination against people based on their physical appearance. This form of inequality overlaps with other, better-known forms of inequality such as those that result from sexism, racism, ageism, and classism. Social inequality regarding looks is notable in a number of settings: work, medical treatment, romance, and marriage, to mention a few. It is experienced as limitations on... Society has always been fixated on looks and celebrities, but how we look has deep ramifications for ordinary people too. In this book, Bonnie Berr... |
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The End of Blackness: Returning the Souls of Black Folk to Their Rightful Owners
ISBN: 9780375713194 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Debra Dickerson pulls no punches in this electrifying manifesto. Outspoken journalist and author of the critically acclaimed memoir An American Story, she challenges black Americans to stop obsessing about racism and start focusing on problems they can fix. The way out of the ghetto, she asserts, is to take a good, hard look in the mirror. Get angry, Dickerson says, but use that anger to fuel excellence and civic participation rather than crime or drug addiction. Drawing richly on black history and thought, as well as her own hard-won wisdom, she urges blacks to let go of the past and...
Debra Dickerson pulls no punches in this electrifying manifesto. Outspoken journalist and author of the critically acclaimed memoir An American Sto...
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101,43 zł |
Stereotypes, Cognition and Culture
ISBN: 9780415198660 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What are stereotypes and why do we use them? Are all stereotypes bad? Can we stop people from using them? Questions such as these have fascinated social psychologists for many years. Perry R. Hinton provides an accessible introduction to this key area, giving a critical and concise overview of the influential theories and approaches, as well as insights into recent work on the role of language and culture in stereotyping.
What are stereotypes and why do we use them? Are all stereotypes bad? Can we stop people from using them? Questions such as these have fascinated soci...
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278,43 zł |
The Love that Shouted for Joy!
ISBN: 9780595371730 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'So this is what I believe: when we were unborn souls, some of us were recruited. A certain number of men and women were needed at this time in history to make a point to the world about the inevitability of loving one another in myriad ways. The mission and the challenge appealed to me." "The Love that Shouted for Joy " is a series of vignettes, scattered in space and time, about the complications that arise when two people decide to marry. The fact that the partners are of the same sex is only one piece of the intricate landscape that spans over 30 years and tells a story culminating in a...
'So this is what I believe: when we were unborn souls, some of us were recruited. A certain number of men and women were needed at this time in histor...
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48,29 zł |
The Anatomy of Prejudices
ISBN: 9780674031913 / Angielski / Miękka / 640 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The author turns a critical lens on prejudice, surveying the study of prejudice since World War II. She suggests an approach that distinguishes between different types of prejudices, the people who hold them, the social and political settings that promote them, and the human needs they fulfill.
The author turns a critical lens on prejudice, surveying the study of prejudice since World War II. She suggests an approach that distinguishes betwee...
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151,73 zł |
Tolerance in the 21st Century: Prospects and Challenges
ISBN: 9780739108680 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tolerance in the 21st Century investigates some of the key philosophical and practical dilemmas surrounding the implementation and realization of tolerance in the 21st century. In particular, this well thought-out volume investigates the political, social, moral, religious, global, and philosophical issues integral to discussions of tolerance in our current era. The work delves into new areas assessing the problems posed for tolerance by such factors as identity, war, community, the Internet, and gender. Each essay is written by expert scholars who seek to share their particular expertise...
Tolerance in the 21st Century investigates some of the key philosophical and practical dilemmas surrounding the implementation and realization of tole...
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526,56 zł |
Assault on the Soul: Women in the Former Yugoslavia
ISBN: 9780789007704 / Angielski / Twarda / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Therapists, counselors, other mental health professionals, attorneys, and Justices of the International Criminal Tribunal shed light on women's recent wartime experience and make sense of their coping strategies in the face of atrocities against them. In addition to providing a historical document, the collection demonstrates the application of fem
Therapists, counselors, other mental health professionals, attorneys, and Justices of the International Criminal Tribunal shed light on women's recent...
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195,92 zł |
Violence as Seen Through a Prism of Color
ISBN: 9780789013927 / Angielski / Twarda / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. So many parts of society target citizens of color for violence--what can be done? Violence as Seen Through a Prism of Color examines violence from a structural perspective, including violence in prisons, schools and colleges, churches, homes, and within political/corporate structures.This unique, hard-hitting book argues that individual violence stems from the structure of our society and its institutions. Most of the contributors are African- American educators and practitioners who have a thorough understanding of structural violence. Some have experienced political...
So many parts of society target citizens of color for violence--what can be done? Violence as Seen Through a Prism of Color examines violenc...
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670,43 zł |
Violence as Seen Through a Prism of Color
ISBN: 9780789013934 / Angielski / Miękka / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. So many parts of society target citizens of color for violence--what can be done? Violence as Seen Through a Prism of Color examines violence from a structural perspective, including violence in prisons, schools and colleges, churches, homes, and within political/corporate structures.This unique, hard-hitting book argues that individual violence stems from the structure of our society and its institutions. Most of the contributors are African- American educators and practitioners who have a thorough understanding of structural violence. Some have experienced political...
So many parts of society target citizens of color for violence--what can be done? Violence as Seen Through a Prism of Color examines violenc...
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335,16 zł |
Prejudice in the Modern World Reference Library: Almanac, 2 Volume Set
ISBN: 9781414402048 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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667,71 zł |
Prejudice in the Modern World Reference Library: Biography
ISBN: 9781414402079 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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374,51 zł |
Prejudice in the Modern World Reference Library: Cumulative Index
ISBN: 9781414402093 / Angielski / Twarda / 34 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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21,66 zł |
Hatred Bigotry and Prejudice: Definition
ISBN: 9781573927482 / Angielski / Miękka / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What, in today's seemingly enlightened society, compels a bigot? How do prejudice and hatred emerge, and sometimes lead to such horrific violence? What can be done to overcome this subversive social undercurrent? This concise and relevant collection of essays explores the definitions, origins, and outcomes of intolerance in America.
What, in today's seemingly enlightened society, compels a bigot? How do prejudice and hatred emerge, and sometimes lead to such horrific violence? Wha...
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101,39 zł |
Beyond Measure
ISBN: 9781597190053 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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111,14 zł |
Multiple Social Categorization: Processes, Models and Applications
ISBN: 9781841695020 / Angielski / Twarda / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. '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 religion, ethnicity, or countless other bases of group membership: the social categories to which people belong. Social categorization, how we classify ourselves and others, exerts a profound influence on our thoughts, beliefs, feelings, and behaviors. In this volume, Richard Crisp and 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 ...
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Stereotypes as Explanations: The Formation of Meaningful Beliefs about Social Groups
ISBN: 9780521804820 / Angielski / Miękka / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Stereotyping is one of the most important issues in social psychology, but relatively little is known about how and why stereotypes form. This book explores the process of stereotype formation; the way people develop impressions and view social groups. Conventional approaches to stereotyping assume that stereotypes are based on erroneous and distorted processes, but the authors of this unique study have a very different view. They propose that stereotypes form to explain aspects of social groups and; in particular; to explain relationships between groups.
Stereotyping is one of the most important issues in social psychology, but relatively little is known about how and why stereotypes form. This book ex...
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196,79 zł |
Tolerance in the 21st Century: Prospects and Challenges
ISBN: 9780739127575 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tolerance in the 21st Century investigates some of the key philosophical and practical dilemmas surrounding the implementation and realization of tolerance in the 21st century.
Tolerance in the 21st Century investigates some of the key philosophical and practical dilemmas surrounding the implementation and realization of tole...
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244,28 zł |
Stereotypes as Explanations: The Formation of Meaningful Beliefs about Social Groups
ISBN: 9780521800471 / Angielski / Twarda / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Stereotyping is one of the most important issues in social psychology, but relatively little is known about how and why stereotypes form. This book explores the process of stereotype formation; the way people develop impressions and view social groups. Conventional approaches to stereotyping assume that stereotypes are based on erroneous and distorted processes, but the authors of this unique study have a very different view. They propose that stereotypes form to explain aspects of social groups and; in particular; to explain relationships between groups.
Stereotyping is one of the most important issues in social psychology, but relatively little is known about how and why stereotypes form. This book ex...
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494,87 zł |
Intergroup Misunderstandings: Impact of Divergent Social Realities
ISBN: 9781848728035 / Angielski / Twarda / 374 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 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 theme of the volume is that improvement in intergroup relationships will only be possible if social scientists simultaneously take into account both the attitudes, beliefs, emotions, and actions of the different groups that shape the nature of intergroup relations. Understanding how members... The objectives of the volume are to direct the field's attention to the unique value of studying interactions between members of different groups a... |
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696,20 zł |
Whistling Vivaldi: And Other Clues to How Stereotypes Affect Us
ISBN: 9780393062496 / Angielski / Twarda / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Here, social psychologist Claude M. Steele offers an insider's look at his findings on stereotypes and identity. Through dramatic personal stories, he shares the experiments and studies that show, again and again, that exposing subjects to stereotypes impairs their performance in the area affected by the stereotype. Here, social psychologist Claude M. Steele offers an insider's look at his findings on stereotypes and identity. Through dramatic personal stories,... |
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198,45 zł |