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- catalog abstract "Forbes takes a critical look at the "contact hypothesis"--The assumption commonly held by social scientists that increased contact between different ethnic groups gives each group more accurate information about the other and thus reduces friction. By distinguishing aggregate from individual relations, Forbes suggests a way out of the perplexities induced by current social science literature on prejudice and discrimination. Scientific research suggests that increased contact between culturally distinct groups in some cases gives rise to more intense conflict. Yet individuals who get to know each other better generally like each other better. Can these apparently conflicting generalizations both be true? asks Forbes. They are, he argues, and he takes contemporary social science to task for failing to show how and why this is possible. The author clarifies the weaknesses of contact theory, develops an alternative "linguistic model" of ethnic conflict, and concludes with penetrating reflections on the politics and methodology of the social sciences today.".
- catalog contributor b10426511.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "1. Defining Terms -- 2. A Social Experiment -- 3. Two Simple Correlations -- 4. Situations Versus Levels of Analysis -- 5. A Model of Ethnic Conflict -- 6. Truth in Modeling -- 7. Conclusions -- Appendix: Nationalism.".
- catalog description "Forbes takes a critical look at the "contact hypothesis"--The assumption commonly held by social scientists that increased contact between different ethnic groups gives each group more accurate information about the other and thus reduces friction. By distinguishing aggregate from individual relations, Forbes suggests a way out of the perplexities induced by current social science literature on prejudice and discrimination. Scientific research suggests that increased contact between culturally distinct groups in some cases gives rise to more intense conflict. Yet individuals who get to know each other better generally like each other better. Can these apparently conflicting generalizations both be true? asks Forbes. They are, he argues, and he takes contemporary social science to task for failing to show how and why this is possible. The author clarifies the weaknesses of contact theory, develops an alternative "linguistic model" of ethnic conflict, and concludes with penetrating reflections on the politics and methodology of the social sciences today.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-282) and index.".
- catalog extent "xi, 291 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0300068190 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Haven : Yale University Press,".
- catalog subject "303.48/2 21".
- catalog subject "Critical theory.".
- catalog subject "Culture conflict.".
- catalog subject "Ethnic conflict.".
- catalog subject "Ethnic relations.".
- catalog subject "Ethnocentrism.".
- catalog subject "GN496 .F67 1997".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Defining Terms -- 2. A Social Experiment -- 3. Two Simple Correlations -- 4. Situations Versus Levels of Analysis -- 5. A Model of Ethnic Conflict -- 6. Truth in Modeling -- 7. Conclusions -- Appendix: Nationalism.".
- catalog title "Ethnic conflict : commerce, culture, and the contact hypothesis / H.D. Forbes.".
- catalog type "text".