Identity Change in Jewish-Muslim Inter-Group Contact: A Longitudinal Study of Two Inter-Group Dialogue Programs
[Thesis]
Johanna Ariel Solomon
Menkel-Meadow, Carrie
University of California, Irvine
2015
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Committee members: Brunstetter, Daniel; Monroe, Kristen
Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-339-52676-8
Ph.D.
Political Science - Ph.D.
University of California, Irvine
2015
While inter-group contact (Allport, 1954) has long been supported as an avenue toward reconciliation (Pettigrew & Tropp, 2000; Maoz, 2011), recent studies have called into question the benefits of contact programs for minority and underprivileged groups. These studies question if those with less power show reductions in prejudice due to their needs for social justice being subsumed by the majority group's needs and desires (Nadler & Shnabel, 2008; Saguy, Pratto, Dovidio, & Nadler, 2009; Tausch & Becker, 2012). If so, surface level prejudice reduction may not represent reconciliation. As this critique hinges on psycho-social identity change, this dissertation investigates social identity change within two inter-group contact programs.
Social psychology; Islamic Studies; Peace Studies; Political science; Judaic studies
Social sciences;Psychology;Contact;Inter-group dialogue;Israel;Jewish;Muslim;Palestine;Religion;Social identity