Us Against Them
by Kinder, Donald R.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-12-15
Publisher(s): Univ of Chicago Pr
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Summary
Ethnocentrism-our tendency to partition the human world into in-groups and out-groups-pervades societies around the world. Surprisingly, through, few scholars have explored its role in contemporary political life. Donald Kinder and Cindy Kam fill this gap with Us Against Them, their definitive explanation of how ethnocentrism shapes American public opinion.
Author Biography
Donald R. Kinder is the Philip E. Converse Collegiate Professor in the Department of Political Science and professor of psychology and research professor in the Center for Political Studies of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. Cindy D. Kam is associate professor of political science at Vanderbilt University.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. vii |
| Introduction: Sumner's Conjecture | p. 1 |
| The Nature of Ethnocentrism | p. 5 |
| Four Theories in Search of Ethnocentrism | p. 7 |
| Ethnocentrism Reconceived | p. 31 |
| American Ethnocentrism Today | p. 42 |
| Empirical Cases | p. 71 |
| Enemies Abroad | p. 73 |
| America First | p. 105 |
| Strangers in the Land | p. 125 |
| Straight versus Gay | p. 151 |
| Women's Place | p. 172 |
| Us versus Them in the American Welfare State | p. 182 |
| Ethnocentrism in Black and White | p. 200 |
| Conclusion: Ethnocentrism and Political Life | p. 219 |
| Appendix | p. 237 |
| Notes | p. 245 |
| References | p. 315 |
| Index | p. 345 |
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