Understanding Prejudice, Racism, and Social Conflict

Martha Augoustinos is Professor of Psychology at the University of Adelaide and Co-Director of the Fay Gale Centre for Research on Gender. At the ANU I am a member of a team of social psychology researchers. My expertise is in investigating the role of the social self or social identity (sense of self as a group member - "we", "us") in shaping people′s attitudes, affect and behaviour. Over recent years the focus of my work has been theory-driven research on (a) core organizational topics including leadership, power, diversity, casualization, negotiation and organisational change, (b) understanding the dynamics of social change (intergroup conflict and co-operation, prejudice, stereotyping, discrimination), and (c) the interplay between social identity processes and individual-level functioning (e.g., well-being, performance, personality). A particular strength of this work has been investigating these processes using more naturalistic samples in ACT high schools, community groups, and organisational settings. The research is of interest to a range of policy makers in areas such as educational leadership and school improvement, social norm change in dysfunctional communities, and building social cohesion in the face of ethnic and religious diversity.My research has been published in numerous top-tiered journals including Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, and European Journal of Social Psychology. It also is supported by numerous large grants from the Australian Research Council (ARC) and I am currently Chief Investigator on three large ARC grants.In relation to other professional activities I am currently an Associate Editor of the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, a member of the Governing Council of the International Society of Political Psychology and serve and on numerous other editorial boards (ERSP, BJSP, PP, JASP).My main teaching responsibilities are in the areas of social psychology and organizational psychology. I currently supervise Master and PhD student research projects on understanding personality stability and change, leadership, prejudice reduction, organisational/team functioning, the creation of prejudice through scapegoating, and the formation of social identity.

`This book stands out for a number of reasons...the result is an authoritative, provocative and challenging collection, which will doubtless help to stimulate further debate in the field′ Susan Condor, Department of Psychology, Lancaster University`The authors are to be commended for assembling an unusually stimulating collection of chapters...the book is clearly distinguished by the breadth of its coverage and the theoretical insights it offers. It is a valuable addition to any collection on this topic′ Jack Dovidio, Department of Psychology, Colgate University`This is a comprehensive text that is extremely well written by top social psychologists, with all of the major theoretical perspectives represented. The editors should be commended for putting together this lively and engaging text′ Nyla Branscombe, Department of Psychology, University of Kansas

• PART ONE: PREJUDICE AND RACISM: DEFINING THE PROBLEM `KNOWING′ THE EXPERIENCEPrejudice, Racism and Social Psychology - Martha Augoustinos and Katherine J ReynoldsThe Changing Nature of Racism - Iain Walker From Old to New?Boongs, Bigots, and Bystanders - Darren GarveyIndigenous and Non-Indigenous Experiences of Racism and Prejudice and their Implications for Psychology in AustraliaPART TWO: DEVELOPMENT, SOCIALIZATION AND PERSONALITYDevelopment of Prejudice in Children - Drew NesdaleThe Socialization of Tolerance - Julie Robinson, Rivka Witenberg and Ann SansonPrejudice and Personality - Patrick C L HeavenThe Case of the Authoritarian and Social DominatorPART THREE: SOCIAL COGNITION, MOOD AND ATTITUDESStereotyping and Prejudice - Vance Locke and Lucy JohnstonA Cognitive ApproachAffect, Prejudice, and Discrimination - Leith S Baird and Julie M DuckIn the Politics of `Gut-Feeling′, Feeling Better is What CountsPrejudiced Attitudes, Group Norms, and Discriminatory Behaviour - Deborah J Terry, Michael A Hogg and Leda BlackwoodPART FOUR: PREJUDICE AND GROUP LIFEPrejudice as a Group Process - Katherine J Reynolds and John C TurnerThe Role of Social Identity Distortion V. Meaning - Penelope J Oakes and S Alexander HaslamCategorization on Trial for Inciting Intergroup HatredRealistic Intergroup Conflict - Michael J Platow and John A HunterPrejudice, Power, and ProtestPART FIVE: THE LANGUAGE AND RHETORIC OF RACISMThe Language of Prejudice and Racism - Amanda LeCouteur and Martha Augoustinos`How to Do X without Doing Y′ - Mark RapleyAccomplishing Discrimination without `Being Racist′ - `Doing Equity′ PART SIX: FUTURE DIRECTIONSReducing Prejudice - John DuckittAn Historical and Multi-Level Approach Studying Psychology, Studying Racism - Stephen Reicher