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The quest for identity : from minority groups to generation Xers

Title
The quest for identity : from minority groups to generation Xers / Donald M. Taylor.
Author
Taylor, Donald M.
Publication
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, ©2002.

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Description
x, 133 pages; 24 cm
Summary
Drawing on his research in Canada, the US, South Africa and Indonesia, Taylor examines the impact of assimilation and policies of cultural diversity and multiculturalism on groups experiencing profound social problems. He proposes solutions.
Subject
  • Group identity
  • Identity (Psychology)
  • Ethnicity
  • group identity
  • ethnicity
  • Ethnische Identität
  • Identiteit
  • Etnisch bewustzijn
  • Jongeren
  • Probleemgedrag
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [127]-129) and index.
Contents
Collective identities in crisis -- Society's disadvantaged groups : the grim reality -- Collective identity : a person's primary psychological blueprint -- Traditional explanations for group differences : the usual suspects -- Valueless colonialism and the destruction of collective identity -- Collective identity overload : a threat to society's most disadvantaged and not so disadvantaged groups -- Collective demotivation -- Toward a healthy collective identity.
ISBN
  • 0275973093
  • 9780275973094
  • 0275973107
  • 9780275973100
LCCN
2002022440
OCLC
  • ocm49225790
  • 49225790
  • SCSB-8803832
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library