Examining Complex Intergroup Relations

<p>This ground-breaking volume presents a unique contribution to the development of social and political psychology both in Turkey and globally, providing a complex analysis of intergroup relations in the diverse Turkish context.</p><p>Turkey is home to a huge variety of social, ethnic and religious groups and hosts the largest number of refugees in the world. This diversity creates a unique opportunity to understand how powerful forces of ethnicity, migration and political ideology shape intergroup processes and intergroup relations. Bringing together novel research findings, the international collection of authors explore everything from disability, age and gender, Kurdish and Armenian relations as "traditional minorities", the recent emergence of a "new minority" of Syrian refugees and Turkey’s complex political history. The theories and paradigms considered in the book – social identity, intergroup contact, integrated threat, social representations – are leading approaches in social and political psychology, but the research presented tests these approaches in the context of a very diverse and dynamic non-WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic) society, with the goal of contributing toward the development of a more intercultural and democratic social and political psychology. </p><p>Bringing together cutting-edge research and providing important insights into the psychological underpinnings of a singular societal situation from a variety of perspectives, this book is essential reading for students studying the psychology, politics and social science of intergroup relations, as well as practitioners interested in conflict resolution.</p> <p>List of Contributors</p><p>Acknowledegments</p><p>Editor’s Introduction</p><p>Part I: Intergroup Relations: The Traditional Minorities</p><p>1 Fathoming Forgiveness: Armenians and Turks in Turkey </p><p>2 Perceptions of Discrimination and Social Contact among Alevis and Sunnis in Turkey: Findings from Two Field Studies</p><p>3 Disability and Discrimination: Microaggression Experiences of People with Disabilities in Turkey</p><p>4 How Does Culture Relate to Benevolent and Hostile Sexism? </p><p>5 Young People’s Attitudes toward Old People: Prejudices, Stereotypes, Inter-group Evaluations, and Frequency of Contact </p><p>6 Missing the Good Old Days or Connecting to the Globe: Investigating Outgroup Attitudes through Collective Nostalgia and Global Identification </p><p>Part II: Intergroup Relations: The New Minorities</p><p>7 Acculturation and Adaptation of Syrian Refugees in Turkey: The Role of (Dis)Concordance of Acculturation Orientations and Identity Threat</p><p>8 Acceptance of Syrian Refugees in Turkey: The Roles of Perceived Threat, Intergroup Contact, Perceived Similarity, and Temporary Settlement </p><p>9 Identities and Attitudes Toward Syrian Refugees in Turkey </p><p>10 "Syrian" Refugees at the Gaze of Kurds and Arabs in Mardin: Understanding Social Representations and Acculturation Expectations from a Decolonial Approach </p><p>11 Extended Contact with Turks and Syrian Refugees’ Intention to Migrate: The Mediating Roles of Ingroup and Outgroup Identification </p><p>12 Intergroup Contact Among Majority and Minority Status Groups in Turkey: Extending Theory and Practice</p><p>Part III: Intergroup Relations and Political Culture</p><p>13 The Social Representations of Peace and Attitudes towards Human Rights in Turkey</p><p>14 Military Coups, States of Emergency and Their Effects on Political Culture and National Identity in Turkey</p><p>15 Routes to Collective Action Among Opposition Voters: Testing Efficacy, Anger and Injustice in Turkey’s Repeated Elections </p><p>16 Collective Action and in Turkey: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go Next?</p><p>17 Conclusion </p><p>Index</p>