Title:	Handbook of the Social Psychology of Inequality
Authors:	Jane D. McLeod • Edward J. Lawler Michael Schwalbe
Keywords:	Inequality
Issue Date:	2014
Publisher:	Springer
Description:	Questions about the causes and consequences of inequality are fundamental to the discipline of sociology. Most sociological analyses contrib- ute in some way to our understanding of what inequality is, how it is produced and reproduced, and how it affects individuals, groups, and soci- eties. Sociologists study inequality in many and diverse contexts—between nations, between groups within nations, between individuals within groups, and so on. We draw from a wide variety of theoretical and methodological per- spectives, each of which offers unique insights into the complex processes through which social hierarchies are created and maintained. In this volume, we take stock of sociological social psychology’s contributions to this effort. Social psychology occupies a central position in the study of inequality inasmuch as it provides essential tools for analyzing the connections be- tween large-scale structures of inequality and individual feelings, thoughts, and behaviors. Yet social psychological contributions often go un- recognized in the broader discipline. Although the lack of recognition may reflect widespread acceptance of social psychological insights (a la Fine’s [1993] “sad demise, mysterious disappear- ance, and glorious triumph of symbolic interac- tionism”), we believe that something important is lost when these insights are detached from social psychology. It thus happens that sociological so- cial psychology loses status within the discipline and scholars who do not identify with social psy- chology present incomplete, and sometimes inac- curate, accounts of process.
URI:	http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/52689
ISBN:	978-94-017-9002-4
Appears in Collections:	Population Studies

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