Since the problems of race relations are worldwide, the
international origins and perspectives of this excellent and timely
book are especially advantageous. More research has been done in
the United States than elsewhere on the psychology of race
relations, so it is appropriate that a plurality of the chapters of
this book are by American authors--a stellar group that includes
leading contributors to our contemporary knowledge of the topic.
Contributors from the English-speaking Commonwealth countries are
next in number, followed by authors from the United Kingdom, where
race-related issues have only recently become a salient concern of
politics and social ethics. The editor has assigned topics to his
carefully chosen author-experts not by country or region, but by
matching the expertise of each author against a need for coherent
analysis of the important aspects of aepsychology and race.'
"Psychology and Race" is divided into two major parts. The first
half of the book looks at the interracial situation itself. The
first section concentrates on the majority or dominant group, and
describes the development and measurement of racial awareness and
prejudice and techniques for reducing prejudice; the second section
focuses on the reactions of subordinate or minority groups; and the
third deals with specific aspects of interpersonal
interaction-attitudes, behavior, and performance--when the people
concerned are of different races. The book also looks at those
areas of life where race is relevant and where psychology can help
in an understanding of the situation.
The scope of this volume, the distinction of its authors, and
the hardheaded sense of reality it brings to the discussion of
these extremely complex issues will make it an invaluable resource
not only for teachers and students but also for everyone concerned
in any way with this most pressing issue of our times.
"Peter Watson" was deputy editor of "The New Society" and spent
a total of four years with "The London Sunday Times" as part of
their Insight Team. He has written several books and since 1998 has
been Research Associate at the Illicit Antiquities Research Centre
located at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at
the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
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