Social Identifications: A Social Psychology of Intergroup Relations and Group Processes / Edition 1

by Dominic Abrams, Michael A. Hogg

Overview

The authors of Social Identifications set out to make accessible to students of social psychology the social identity approach developed by Henri Tajfel, John Turner, and their colleagues in Bristol during the 1970s and 1980s. Michael Hogg and Dominic Abrams give a comprehensive and readable account of social identity theory as well as setting it in the context of other approaches and perspectives in the psychology of intergroup relations. They look at the way people derive their identity from the social groups to which they belong, and the consequences for their feelings, thoughts, and behaviour of psychologically belonging to a group. They go on to examine the relationship between the individual and society in the context of a discussion of discrimination, stereotyping and intergroup relations, conformity and social influence, cohesiveness and intragoup solidariy, language and ethnic group relations, and collective behaviour.
Social Identifications fills a gap in the literature available to students of social psychology. The authors' presentation of social identity theory in a complete and integrated form and the extensive references and suggestions for further reading they provide will make this an essential source book for social psychologists and other social scientists looking at group behaviour.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415006958
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/19/1988
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Foreward. Preface. 1. Introduction 2. The social identity approach: context and content 3. Intergroup behaviour 4. From stereotyping to ideology 5. Intragroup behaviour: Processes within the groups 6. Social presence and social performance 7. Collective behaviour 8. Conformity and social influence 9. Language, speech, and communication 10. Conclusions References. Author index. Subject index.

Editorial Reviews

‘It gives a good overview of the social identity approach, and shows how and where it might be uselful in explaining (inter)group phenomena. I recommend it to critical readers interested in (inter)group behaviour.' - Social Behaviours

It is an important book because it fills a gap in summarizing and clarifying social identity theory and by and by emphasiszing its enormous explanatory potential. I would recommend it as a very readable, high level introduction to social identity theory' - British Journal of Social Psychology

From the Publisher