Education and Racism
A Cross National Inventory of Positive Effects of Education on Ethnic Tolerance
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Education and Racism
A Cross National Inventory of Positive Effects of Education on Ethnic Tolerance
About this book
First published in 1999, this book gives an inventory of factors contributing to ethnic prejudice in seven countries and the role of formal education among them on the basis of national surveys. It appears that education is crucial in all the countries surveyed and contributes to more tolerant views of ethnic and national minorities in Western European countries, Poland and the United States. The positive effects of education, however, do not always counter the negative effects of personality characteristics and conservative values on ethnic prejudice. Moreover, the negative effects of less formal education may be reinforced by perceived economical competition of ethnic minorities and thereby further bolster prejudiced views of the less educated. This indicates that formal education alone is not sufficient to change prejudiced views. Other forms of socialization transmitting values leading to open-mindedness and the ability to secure one's economic position have to support the positive effects of formal education as well.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Diagrams
- List of Tables
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction: A Model of the Effects of Education on Prejudice and Racism
- 2 Education and Prejudice against Immigrants
- 3 The Effect of Education on the Expression of Negative Views towards Immigrants in France: The Influence of the Republican Model Put to the Test
- 4 'Everyday' Racism in Belgium: An Overview of the Research and an Interpretation of its Link with Education
- 5 The Impact of Education on Racism in Poland Compared with Other European Countries
- 6 Explaining Individual Racial Prejudice in Contemporary Germany
- 7 Dynamics of Political Values: Education and Issues of Tolerance
- 8 Education, Attitudes towards Ethnic Minorities and Opposition to Affirmative Action
- Author Index
- Subject Index