1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783696603321

Autore

Fishbein Harold D

Titolo

Peer prejudice and discrimination [[electronic resource] ] : the origins of prejudice / / Harold D. Fishbein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J., : L. Erlbaum, 2002

ISBN

1-135-65109-4

1-282-59620-9

9786612596209

1-4106-0622-8

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (354 p.)

Disciplina

303.3/85

Soggetti

Prejudices in children

Prejudices

Prejudices in children - Prevention

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-319) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents in Brief; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 The Nature of Prejudice; Chapter 2 An Evolutionary Model for the Development of Prejudice and Discrimination; Chapter 3 Discrimination Toward Deaf Individuals; Chapter 4 Prejudice and Discrimination Toward Mentally Retarded Individuals; Chapter 5 Prejudice and Discrimination Against the Opposite Sex; Chapter 6 A Cultural History of African Americans; Chapter 7 Race Prejudice and Discrimination; Chapter 8 Modifying Prejudice and Discrimination; Chapter 9 Parents, Peers, and Personality; Chapter 10 Recapitulation

ReferencesAuthor Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

This award-winning book provides an analysis of the genetic/evolutionary, cultural/historical, and developmental aspects of prejudice and discrimination. It emphasizes how certain genetic/evolutionary mechanisms are utilized to both produce and prevent prejudice and discrimination from occurring or to modify these behaviors once established. The goals of the book are to help us understand the limitations of interventions and increase tolerance and acceptance of outsiders. Peer Prejudice and Discrimination, Second



Edition is ideal for advanced-level courses on prejudice and/or discrimina

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136394403321

Titolo

Scaling up : the convergence of sustainability and the social economy / / editors, Mike Gismondi, Sean Connelly, Mary Beckie, Sean Markey, Mark Roseland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athabasca University Press, 2016

Edmonton [Alberta] : , : AU Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

1-77199-023-6

1-77199-022-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (314 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

334.09711

Soggetti

Cooperative societies - British Columbia

Cooperative societies - Alberta

Sustainable development - British Columbia

Sustainable development - Alberta

Alberta

British Columbia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

"When citizens take collaborative action to meet the needs of their community, they are participating in the social economy. Co-operatives, community-based social services, local non-profit organizations, and charitable foundations are all examples of social economies that emphasize mutual benefit rather than the accumulation of profit. While such groups often participate in market-based activities to achieve their goals, they also pose an alternative to the capitalist market economy. Contributors to Scaling Up investigated innovative



social economies in British Columbia and Alberta and discovered that achieving a social good through collective, grassroots enterprise resulted in a sustainable way of satisfying human needs that was also, by extension, environmentally responsible. As these case studies illustrate, organizations that are capable of harnessing the power of a social economy generally demonstrate a commitment to three outcomes: greater social justice, financial self-sufficiency, and environmental sustainability. Within the matrix of these three allied principles lie new strategic directions for the politics of sustainability. Whether they were examining attainable and affordable housing initiatives, co-operative approaches to the provision of social services, local credit unions, farmers' markets, or community-owned power companies, the contributors found social economies providing solutions based on reciprocity and an understanding of how parts function within the whole--an understanding that is essential to sustainability. In these locally defined and controlled, democratically operated organizations we see possibilities for a more human economy that is capable of transforming the very social and technical systems that make our current way of life unsustainable."--