Identity and Participation in Culturally Diverse Societies A Multidisciplinary Perspective

by Azzi, Assaad E.; Chryssochoou, Xenia; Klandermans, Bert; Simon, Bernd

• ISBN13: 9781405199476
• ISBN10: 1405199474
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-10-25
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Identity and Participation in Culturally Diverse Societies presents an original discussion in an edited volume of how the links between identity, political participation, radicalization, and integration can provide a scientific understanding of the complex issue of coexistence between groups in culturally diverse societies. Offers a scientific understanding of the complex issue of coexistence between groups in culturally diverse societies Utilizes original theory which combines social psychology, sociology, and political science Includes an original and extensive discussion of combining the concepts of identity and diversity Innovatively and engagingly employs the latest research and state-of-the-art theory

Author Biography

Assaad E. Azzi is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Social Psychology unit at the Universit Libre de Bruxelles. His research focuses on identity, resource distribution, and the perception of justice and injustice in majority-minority relations. Xenia Chryssochoou is Professor of Social and Political Psychology at Panteion University, Athens. She currently works on mobility, migration, and justice and on perceptions of globalization and political participation. Bert Klandermans is Professor in Applied Social Psychology at the VU-University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. His research focuses on participation in social movements and political protest. Bernd Simon is Professor of Social and Political Psychology and one of the Directors of the Institute of Psychology at the Christian-Albrechts-University in Kiel, Germany. His research investigates inter-and intragroup processes.

Table of Contents

About the Editors and Contributors	p. viii
Introduction	p. 1
Development, (Re)Construction, and Expression of Collective Identities	p. 5
The Role of Nationalism, Ethnicity, and Class in Shaping Greek American Identity, 1890-1927: A Historical Analysis	p. 9
Religious Identity and Socio-Political Participation: Muslim Minorities in Western Europe	p. 32
The Bicultural Identity Performance of Immigrants	p. 49
Perceptions of (In)compatibility between Identities and Participation in the National Polity of People belonging to Ethnic Minorities	p. 69
Collective Identity and Political Participation	p. 89
Winners and Losers in the Europeanization of Public Policy Debates: Empowering the Already Powerful?	p. 93
New Ways of Understanding Migrant Integration in Europe	p. 114
Collective Identity and Political Engagement	p. 137
Collective Identity and Political Participation, and the Making of the Social Self	p. 158
Radicalization	p. 177
Radicalization	p. 181
Citizenship Regimes and Identity Strategies Among Young Muslims in Europe	p. 195
Going All the Way: Politicization and Radicalization of the Hofstad Network in the Netherlands	p. 220
Trajectories of Ideologies and Action in US Organized Racism	p. 239
No Radicalization without Identification: How Ethnic Dutch and Dutch Muslim Web Forums Radicalize Over Time	p. 256
Integration	p. 275
Immigrant Acculturation: Psychological and Social Adaptations	p. 279
Ethnic Social Networks, Social Capital, and Political Participation of Immigrants	p. 296
Naturalization as Boundary Crossing: Evidence from Labor Migrants in Germany	p. 315
Confronting the Past to Create a Better Future: The Antecedents and Benefits of Intergroup Forgiveness	p. 338
Conclusion: From Identity and Participation to Integration or Radicalization: A Critical Appraisal	p. 359
Name Index	p. 368
Subject Index	p. 379
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