Multiculturalism and Tolerance: An Intergroup Perspective

The Psychology of Social and Cultural Diversity

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 145-170

  Verkuyten, Maykel ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diversity toleration tolerance, sufficient for dealing adequately with diversity; Higher endorsement of multicultural ideology tolerant judgments of concrete practices; Intergroup attitudes; Key social psychological aspects of tolerance and multiculturalism; Multicultural approaches, focus on recognition and active support of group differences; Multicultural recognition endorsement of multiculturalism; Multiculturalism and tolerance intergroup perspective; Multiculturalism, active support for cultural difference; Tolerance, basic level of positive relations between groups; Tolerance, conceptualized generalized positive attitude toward outgroups

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952392222     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444325447.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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