By some accounts, global economic inequality is at its highest point on record. The
pernicious effects of this broad societal trend are striking: Rising inequality is linked to …

This chapter addresses the psychological effects of social stigma. Stigma directly affects the
stigmatized via mechanisms of discrimination, expectancy confirmation, and automatic …

A leading psychologist explains why nearly all of us—including many of those who are
persecuted and powerless—so often defend the social systems that cause misery and …

A theory of system justification was proposed 25 years ago by Jost and Banaji (1994, Br. J.
Soc. Psychol., 33, 1) in the British Journal of Social Psychology to explain 'the participation …

As public awareness of implicit bias has grown in recent years, studies have raised
important new questions about the nature of implicit bias effects. First, implicit biases are …

“[Fine's] sharp tongue is tempered with humor.... Read this book and see how complex and
fascinating the whole issue is.”—The New York Times It's the twenty-first century, and …

This new volume is the first to bring together social and organizational psychologists to
explore social identity theory in organizational contexts. The chapters are wide ranging-they …

Research on implicit attitudes has raised questions about how well people know their own
attitudes. Most research on this question has focused on the correspondence between …

Most theories in social and political psychology stress self‐interest, intergroup conflict,
ethnocentrism, homophily, ingroup bias, outgroup antipathy, dominance, and resistance …

This new edition of Prejudice provides a comprehensive treatment of the subject, introducing
the major theoretical ideas as well as providing a critical analysis of recent developments …