Overview

This book gives an inventory of factors contributing to ethnic prejudice in seven countries and the role of formal education among them on the basis of national surveys. It appears that education is crucial in all the countries surveyed and contributes to more tolerant views of ethnic and national minorities in Western European countries, Poland and the United States. The positive effects of education, however, do not always counter the negative effects of personality characteristics and conservative values on ethnic prejudice. Moreover, the negative effects of less formal education may be reinforced by perceived economical competition of ethnic minorities and thereby further bolster prejudiced views of the less educated. This indicates that formal education alone is not sufficient to change prejudiced views. Other forms of socialization transmitting values leading to open-mindedness and the ability to secure one's economic position have to support the positive effects of formal education as well.

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Author:   Louk Hagendoorn ,  Shervin Nekuee
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Ashgate Publishing Limited
Weight:   0.404kg
ISBN:  

9780754611417

ISBN 10:   0754611418
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   28 December 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction: a model of the effects of education on prejudice and racism, Louk Hagendoorn; Education and prejudice against immigrants, Pierangelo Peri; The effect of education and the expression of negative views towards immigrants in France: the influence of the Republican model put to the test, Florence Haegel; Everyday racism in Belgium: an overview of the research and an interpretation of its link with education, Hans De Witte; The impact of education on racism in Poland compared with other European countries, Aleksandra Jasinska-Kania; Explaining individual racial prejudice in contemporary Germany, JA1/4rgen R. Winkler; Dynamics of political values: education and issues of tolerance, Paul Sniderman and Erica R. Gould; Education, attitudes towards ethnic minorities and opposition to affirmative action, Genevieve Verbeck and Peer Scheepers; Index.

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