Description: Breaking the Exclusion Cycle : How to Promote Cooperation Between Majority and Minority Ethnic Groups, Hardcover by Bracic, Ana, ISBN 0190050675, ISBN-13 9780190050672, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK Social exclusion of minority groups is an intractable problem in many diverse nations. For some minority groups this means going to segregated schools, for others not having access to gainful employment or quality healthcare. But why does social exclusion persist, and what can one do to stop
it?
This book proposes a theory of how individual behavior contributes to social exclusion, a novel method for measuring that behavior, and solutions to ending it. Based on original fieldwork among Central and Eastern European Roma, the largest ethnic minority in Europe (yet still very understudied),
and non-Roma, Ana Bracic develops a theory she calls the exclusion cycle, through which anti-minority culture gives rise to discrimination by members of the majority, and minority members develop survival strategies. Members of the majority resent these strategies, assuming that they are endemic to
the minority group rather than an outcome of their own discriminatory behavior.
To illustrate her theory, Bracic includes an analysis of a video game she created that simulates interactions between Roma and non-Roma participants, which members of these groups played through avatars (thereby avoiding contentious face-to-face interactions). The results demonstrate that majority
members discriminate against minority members even when minority group members behave in ways identical to the majority. It also shows the way in which minority members develop survival mechanisms. Bracic draws on the results of the simulation to offer evidence that this cycle can be broken through
NGO-promoted discussion and interaction between groups. She also draws on extant scholarship on interactions between Muslim women in France, African Americans, the Batwa in Uganda, and their respective majority communities.
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Book Title: Breaking the Exclusion Cycle : How to Promote Cooperation Between
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Breaking the Exclusion Cycle: How to Promote Cooperation between Majority and Minority Ethnic Groups
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Year: 2020
Subject: Social Sciences
Item Height: 244 mm
Item Weight: 572 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Ana Bracic
Subject Area: Political Sociology, Civil Service, Constitutional Law
Item Width: 162 mm
Format: Hardcover
