Handbook of Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Discrimination

by Todd D. Nelson (editor)

This handbook provides a uniquely comprehensive and scholarly overview of the latest research on prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination. All chapters are written by eminent prejudice researchers who explore key topics, by presenting an overview of current research and, where appropriate, developing new theory, models, or scales. This volume is clearly structured, with a broad section on cognitive, affective, and neurological processes, followed by chapters on some of the main target groups of prejudice - based on race, sex, age, sexual orientation, and weight. A concluding section explores the issues involved in reducing prejudice. Chapters on the history of research in prejudice and future directions round off this state-of-the-art handbook.This volume will provide an essential resource for students, instructors, and researchers in social and personality psychology, and also be an invaluable reference for academics and professionals in the fields of sociology, communication studies, gerontology, nursing, medicine, as well as government and policymakers and social service agencies.

Genres: Psychology, Science, Politics

556 pages, Paperback

First published February 3, 2009

Reviews

[Yuu Sasih · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reading this for my thesis. 600+ pages of nonfiction (moreover, a handbook) is not actually an easy read. But I admit that reading this book is fun, albeit tiring. Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination is just one or so chapter in my social psychology textbooks, and reading its scope is actually this wide is so wow! This book really peels everything about those three components. And... wow. Just wow.