Contrasting Theoretical Approaches to Intergroup Relations

摘要: The current forum is designed to assess the strengths and weaknesses of social identity, dominance, system justification as theoretical approaches study intergroup relations. Each these tries account for variation in development ingroup cohesion outgroup antipathy among individual group members, across groups, different societies—three levels at which theorists have commonly sought explanations variability attitudes behavior. Social dominance theory most ambitious theories but does not succeed explaining relations equally well all three levels. However, it has excelled highlighting differences need desire dominate members lower-status groups exploring interaction between individuals institutions. identity primarily concerned with attributes that foster bias examines conditions under this occurs. It more fully developed respect than other ignores level and, a lesser degree, societal level. System considers mix individual- societal-level factors, focusing on role support status quo producing acceptance inequalities low-status even when against their own interest do so. highlights an important problem—the quiescence groups—but work needed flesh out its central concepts.