This new edition of Prejudice provides a comprehensive treatment of the subject, introducing the major theoretical ideas as well as providing a critical analysis of recent developments.

• Takes a social psychological perspective, analysing individual behavior as part of a pattern of intergroup processes
• Covers the major research, including classical personality accounts, developmental approaches, socio-cognitive research focussing on categorization and stereotyping, prejudice as an intergroup phenomenon, and ways to combat prejudice
• Illustrates concepts with examples of different kinds of prejudice drawn from everyday life
• Includes a new chapter on prejudice from the victim's perspective
• Fully updated throughout, with expansion of the notions of explicit and implicit manifestations of prejudice

About the Author
Rupert Brown is Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Sussex. He has taught courses on prejudice, group processes, and intergroup relations for over 25 years, and published widely in these fields. His books include Group Processes (second edition, Blackwell, 2000) and, as co-editor, the Blackwell Handbook of Social Psychology: Intergroup Relations (Blackwell, 2001) and Social Identities (2006).

Reviews
"This new edition of Prejudice provides a comprehensive treatment of the subject, introducing the major theoretical ideas as well as providing a critical analysis of recent developments". (Bulletin, 13 January 2011)



Book Information
ISBN 9781405113076
Author Rupert Brown
Format Paperback
Page Count 368
Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 649g
Dimensions(mm) 246mm * 174mm * 21mm