Social Dominance - An Intergroup Theory of Social Hierarchy and Oppression

This book suggests that the major forms in intergroup conflict, such as racism, classism and patriarchy, are essentially derived from the human predisposition to form and maintain hierarchical and group-based systems of social organization. Using social dominance theory, it is presumed that it is also a basic grammar of social power shared by all societies in common. We use social dominance theory in an attempt to identify the elements of this grammar and to understand how these elements interact and reinforce each other to produce and maintain group-based social hierarchy. Contents
Part I. From There to Here - Theoretical Background: 1. From visiousness to viciousness: theories of intergroup relations
2. Social dominance theory as a new synthesis
Part II. Oppression and its Psycho-Ideological Elements: 3. The psychology of group dominance: social dominance orientation
4. Let`s both agree that youre really stupid: the power of consensual ideology
Part III. The Circle of Oppression - The Myriad Expressions of Institutional Discrimination: 5. You stay in your part of town and Ill stay in mine: discrimination in the housing and retail markets
6. Theyre just too lazy to work: discrimination in the labor market
7. Theyre just mentally and physically unfit: discrimination in education and health care
8. The more of them in prison, the better: institutional terror, social control and the dynamics of the criminal justice system
Part IV. Oppression as a Cooperative Game: 9. Social hierarchy and asymmetrical group behavior: social hierarchy and group difference in behavior
10. Sex and power: the intersecting political psychologies of patriarchy and empty-set hierarchy
11. Epilogue.