Sökning: "Intergroup Contact Theory"

Visar resultat 16 - 19 av 19 uppsatser innehållade orden Intergroup Contact Theory.

  1. 16. Noxious Fumes of Nationalism

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Författare :Kristen Hope; [2017]
    Nyckelord :Nationalism; Prejudice; Inequality; Salience; Threat; Ethnic; Yugoslavia; Negative Contact Theory;

    Sammanfattning : This study is an investigation into the psychosociological causes of ethnic war through the lens of contact theory. Using group identity salience, perceptions of inequality, perception of threat and negative outgroup attitudes (NOAs) including prejudice and nationalism, this study introduces a supra-theory called the negative contact spiral to explain a gap in contact theory, namely the rare but powerful negative effects of intergroup contact. LÄS MER

  3. 17. Attitudes towards refugees: Do numbers matter? : The effect of minority size population on the acceptance of refugees in Swedish municipalities

    Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Författare :Paolo Velasquez; [2016]
    Nyckelord :Refugees; attitudes; intergroup contact; group threat; immigration; immigrants; Sweden;

    Sammanfattning : With the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and other regions of the world, the eminent influx of refugees to European nations has become a topic of great concern and discussion. An increase in research has occurred concerning attitudes towards refugees and immigration in general, which has put forth the question of whether larger numbers of foreign born correlates positively or negatively to attitudes towards immigrants. LÄS MER

  4. 18. The Impact of Affirmative Action on Employees' attitudes towards equality : To BBBEE or not to BBBEE? A field study in South Africa

    Magister-uppsats, Högskolan i Jönköping/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Författare :Johanna Björnsund; Frida Grundström; [2016]
    Nyckelord :Affirmative action; B-BBEE; Apartheid; Employee attitudes; Organizational culture; Group identity; Diversity; Prejudice; Group integration; Equality;

    Sammanfattning : Background- South Africa, the most southern country at the African continent as the name depicts, is a country where Apartheid has prevailed the historical and contemporary landscape of the nation.  The era of Apartheid, being a system of discrimination and segregation, produced racial imbalances within the South African society and polices of affirmative action was enforced as an attempt to redress the racial inequalities. LÄS MER

  5. 19. En bättre värld genom faith? : En studie om hur organisationen DIAN Interfidei arbetar för att skapa fredliga relationer i Indonesien

    Magister-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Författare :Emma Wåhlstedt; [2014]
    Nyckelord :DIAN Interfidei; fredsbyggande i Indonesien ; faith; dialog; Intergroup Contact Theory;

    Sammanfattning : En bättre värld genom faith? En studie om hur organisationen DIAN Interfidei arbetar för att skapa fredliga relationer i Indonesien [A better world through faith? A study about how the organization DIAN Interfidei works to pursue peaceful relations in Indonesia]. The aim of this study has been to analyze how an Indonesian NGO called DIAN Interfidei works with peacebuilding through faith in order to bring harmony between the various ethnic and religious groups of people that inhabits the nation. LÄS MER