Drury, John (2012) Prejudice is about politics: a collective action perspective. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 35 (6). pp. 20-21. ISSN 0140-525X

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Abstract

In line with Dixon et al.’s argument, I contend that prejudice
should be understood in broadly political rather than in narrowly psychological terms. First, what counts as prejudice is a political judgement. Second, studies of collective action demonstrate that it is in “political” struggles, where subordinate groups together oppose dominant groups, that prejudice can be overcome

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Psychology > Psychology
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion
Related URLs:	http://journals.cambridge.org/action/dis...
Depositing User:	John Drury
Date Deposited:	21 Nov 2012 11:00
Last Modified:	08 Mar 2017 20:00
URI:	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/42784

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