This book presents the results of a study that examined the multiple layers of stigma and discrimination experienced by women infected and affected by HIV/AIDS in a low socio-economic area of Mumbai, India. Using exploratory qualitative methods and underpinned by the psychosocia…
“Accessible and authoritative... While we may not have much power to eradicate our own prejudices, we can counteract them. The first step is to turn a hidden bias into a visible one.... What if we're not the magnanimous people we think we are?”—The Washington PostI know my own m…
"Leading psychologists Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald explore the hidden biases we all carry from a lifetime of exposure to cultural attitudes about age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, social class, sexuality, disability status, and nationality. Using their expe…
A timely and gripping history of the controversial eugenics movement in America'and the scientists, social reformers and progressives who supported it. In Better for All the World, Harry Bruinius charts the little known history of eugenics in America'a movement that began in the…
In the first comprehensive textbook on prejudice with a strong psychological research base, the authors cover a broad range of topics including race and ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and ageism.
This title describes clearly how legislation can be used to advance the rights and entitlements of people with mental health problems. Straightforward and practical, it provides useful information on how to address disabilities so these people may enjoy full citizenship.
This book describes clearly how legislation can be used to advance the rights and entitlements of people with mental health problems. Straightforward and practical, it provides useful information on how to address disabilities so these people may enjoy full citizenship. It prese…