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Social dominance theory and the dynamics of intergroup relations: Taking stock and looking forward
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- 10.1080/10463280601055772
pages 271-320
Available online: 29 Jul 2010Abstract
This chapter reviews the last 15 years of research inspired by social dominance theory, a general theory of societal group-based inequality. In doing so, we sketch the broad outlines of the theory and discuss some of the controversies surrounding it, such as the “invariance hypothesis” regarding gender differences in social dominance orientation (SDO) and the effect of social context on the expression of SDO. We also discuss the central role of gender in the construction and maintenance of group-based inequality, and review some of the new research inspired by the social dominance perspective. Finally, we identify and discuss some of the most important theoretical questions posed by social dominance theory that are yet to be researched.
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- Available online: 29 Jul 2010
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- a University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
- b Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
- c Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA, USA
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