The psychology of legitimacy : emerging perspectives on ideology, justice, and intergroup relations / edited by John T. Jost, Brenda Major. - xvi, 477 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Proceedings of a conference held at Stanford University in Aug., 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Emerging Perspectives on the Psychology of Legitimacy / Theories of Legitimacy / Reflections on Social and Psychological Processes of Legitimization and Delegitimization / A Perceptual Theory of Legitimacy: Politics, Prejudice, Social Institutions, and Moral Value / Blame It on the Group: Entitativity, Subjective Essentialism, and Social Attribution / Status versus Quo: Naive Realism and the Search for Social Change and Perceived Legitimacy / Tolerance of Personal Deprivation / Legitimacy and the Construal of Social Disadvantage / Individual Upward Mobility and the Perceived Legitimacy of Intergroup Relations / Restricted Intergroup Boundaries: Tokenism, Ambiguity, and the Tolerance of Injustice / The Emergence of Status Beliefs: From Structural Inequality to Legitimizing Ideology / Ambivalent Stereotypes as Legitimizing Ideologies: Differentiating Paternalistic and Envious Prejudice / Legitimizing Ideologies: The Social Dominance Approach / The (Il)legitimacy of Ingroup Bias: From Social Reality to Social Resistance / Conflicts of Legitimation among Self, Group, and System: The Integrative Potential of System Justification Theory / The Architecture of Legitimacy: Constructing Accounts of Organizational Controversies / A Psychological Perspective on the Legitimacy of Institutions and Authorities / License to Kill: Violence and Legitimacy in Expropriative Social Relations / John T. Jost and Brenda Major -- Morris Zelditch, Jr. -- Herbert C. Kelman -- Christian S. Crandall and Ryan K. Beasley -- Vincent Yzerbyt and Anouk Rogier -- Robert J. Robinson and Laura Kray -- James M. Olson and Carolyn L. Hafer -- Brenda Major and Toni Schmader -- Naomi Ellemers -- Stephen C. Wright -- Cecilia L. Ridgeway -- Peter Glick and Susan T. Fiske -- Jim Sidanius, Shana Levin and Christopher M. Federico / [et al.] -- Russell Spears, Jolanda Jetten and Bertjan Doosje -- John T. Jost, Diana Burgess and Cristina O. Mosso -- Kimberly D. Elsbach -- Tom R. Tyler -- Mary R. Jackman. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18.

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Social stratification
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Intergroup relations
Rationalization (Psychology)
Legitimacy of governments
Organizational behavior

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