Cultural Diversity Its Social Psychology [Paperback]

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• Shows how social psychology can contribute to contemporary debates about immigration and cultural diversity.
  
• Helps readers to understand the processes that have shaped modern societies and the diversity issues they are facing.
  
• Reviews research into the socio-psychological factors facilitating or hindering the emergence of plural societies.
  
• Focuses on intergroup relationships – what happens when people migrate, how they adapt, and what changes are produced by their presence.
  
• The issues discussed are contextualised within the traditional accounts of the nation-state, European integration and North American and Australian experiences.
  
• Student-friendly features include boxes, summaries, lists of key words, suggestions for further reading and a glossary.

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

What is Social Psychology About?.

Social Psychology and the Study of Multicultural Societies.

Cultural Memberships and Understanding of the Social World.

Beliefs About Acculturation: The Coexistence of Different Cultures Under the Same Political and Social Organization.

1. Moving Into New Environments: The Perspective of People Belonging to Non-Dominant Cultural Groups:.

Managing Change, Unfamiliar Environments, and Experiences: Acculturation as a Major Life-Change Event.

Transmitting and Retaining One&alÐ