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Minescu, Anca; Poppe, Edwin – Social Psychology Quarterly, 2011
The group position model (Blumer 1958; Bobo and Tuan 2006) assumes that attempting to secure a privileged position for the ingroup is a main determinant of perceived intergroup conflict. This assumption is tested with survey data collected in 1999 and 2000 among eight titular groups in autonomous republics of the Russian Federation. The survey…
Descriptors: Conflict, Foreign Countries, Fear, Minority Groups
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Matarrita-Cascante, David; Luloff, A. E. – Rural Sociology, 2008
Differences between old-timers and newcomers and their effects on community social dimensions have been the object of much research. These studies have shown how extensive in-migration of people with different socioeconomic backgrounds, values, and perspectives contribute to heightened social conflict in some communities. Popular media accounts…
Descriptors: Social Science Research, Community Involvement, Social Sciences, Community Development
Cuellar, Jose B. – Aztlan--International Journal of Chicano Studies Research, 1981
Discusses Chicano social scientists' needs identified by Mario Barrera: to use methodological strategies and theoretical models emphasizing researcher's close contact with the people; to research the nature of social and political control systems as applicable to the Chicano community; to define the relations between social scientists and the…
Descriptors: Blacks, Community Cooperation, Community Involvement, Community Study