Examining non-racial segregation: A micro-ecological approach

Autor:	Ed Cairns, Shelley McKeown, Maurice Stringer, Russell Orr
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	Social group Interpersonal relationship Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject Ecological psychology Sociology Everyday life Prejudice Social identity theory Social psychology Social relation media_common Social policy
Zdroj:	British Journal of Social Psychology. 51:717-723
ISSN:	0144-6665
Popis:	A number of studies in both South Africa and the United States of America have indicated the presence of an 'informal' segregation that is active in everyday life spaces and which is resistant to changes in macro level social policy. This research has however been conducted in societies where segregation and division has been based on skin colour. We sought to adapt a micro-ecological technique for use in a non-racially segregated setting, in this case lecture theatres at a University in Northern Ireland. Using seat numbers to examine seating patterns we found that levels of segregation persisted throughout a semester. The success of this methodology in capturing this information has far-reaching implications for the future study of the micro-ecology of contact.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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