The Context of Social Identity: Domination, Resistance, and Change

By Stephen D. Reicher. 2004

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Subfields: Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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A Decade of System Justification Theory: Accumulated Evidence of Conscious and Unconscious Bolstering of the Status Quo (2004, background): “Consequently, the theory is overly optimistic about prospects for social change (see Reicher, 2004).”
Contrasting Theoretical Approaches to Intergroup Relations (2004, background): “As Reicher (2004) notes, intergroup conflict and ingroup bias exist but they are also rare when one considers the vast array of groups to which humans belong.”
Dimensions of Majority and Minority Groups (2008, background): “…& Turner, 1979), social categories (Crano, 2000), numeric size (Kruglanski & Mackie, 1990), distinctiveness (Moscovici, 1976), internal dispositions (Mugny, 1982), group context (Reicher, 2004), and being the source (Asch, 1956) or target of treatment (Tajfel & Turner, 1979; Moscovici, 1994).”
Social Dominance Theory: Explorations in the Psychology of Oppression (2016, background): “, & Streicher, K. (2010). An investigation of the determinants of stigmatization and prejudice toward people living with HIV/AIDS.”
Intergroup structure and identity management among ethnic minority and majority groups: the interactive effects of perceived stability, legitimacy, and permeability (2008, background): “The theory proposes that the operation of cognitive and motivational processes depends on ideological and structural features of the social world (Reicher, 2004; Turner, 1999).”
Multicultural recognition and ethnic minority rights: A social identity perspective (2006, background): “These processes should not be ignored, and the need to take them into account is increasingly being emphasised by social psychologists (e.g., Deaux & Martin, 2003; Rubin & Hewstone, 2004; Reicher, 2004).”
Social Dominance Theory: Its Agenda and Method (2004, unknown): “(e.g., Guimond, Dambrun, Michinov, & Duarte, 2003; Reicher, 2004; Schmitt et al., 2003; Turner & Reynolds, 2003)”
Social Identity, System Justification, and Social Dominance: Commentary on Reicher, Jost et al., and Sidanius et al. (2004, background): “Moreover, the absence of moderating variables means that there is nothing to prevent the general motive for system justification from causing social systems to come to rest in permanent states of social stability, rather than to fluctuate between stability and change as social identity theory assume”
A sense of powerlessness fosters system justification: Implications for the legitimation of authority, hierarchy, and government (2015, unknown): “Theories of material and symbolic self-interest suggest that the experience of relative disadvantage should lead to resentment and reactance (e.g., Bobo, 1988; Gurr, 1971; Reicher, 2004).”
A quarter century of system justification theory: Questions, answers, criticisms, and societal applications (2018, background): “…of social identity theory (Brewer, 2007; Caricati, 2017; Caricati & Sollami, 2018; D esert & Leyens, 2006; Haslam, Turner, Oakes, Reynolds, & Doosje, 2002; Jetten, Haslam, & Barlow, 2012; Reicher, 2004; Reynolds, Jones, O’Brien, & Subasic, 2013; Rubin & Hewstone, 2004; Spears et al., 2001).”
Globalization, immigration and national identity: How the level of globalization affects the relations between nationalism, constructive patriotism and attitudes toward immigrants? (2012, background): “il In developing social identity theory, Tajfel sought to understand social change by examining how social contexts shape social identity and behavior (Reicher, 2004).”
Multicultural Employees: A Framework for Understanding How They Contribute to Organizations (2013, background): “However, Reicher (2004) argues that this reductionist approach is problematic, ignoring the role played by organizational context.”