Contact, conflict, and social cohesion
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Can intergroup contact build social cohesion? A rich literature demonstrates that intergroup contact typically reduces prejudice, but we have little evidence on whether contact can change behaviors in real-world settings. This is particularly true when ethnicity is highly salient. This dissertation provides causal evidence on these questions by leveraging studies of Iraqis displaced by ISIS, American schoolchildren, and British soccer fans. I find that diverse forms of contact — from face-to-face contact to virtual exposure — generally improve intergroup relations, even after ethnic violence. I also find, however, meaningful variation in the extent to which these effects extend to social contexts outside of the intervention. I propose that the salience of intergroup conflict moderates the returns to contact. The positive impacts of contact may struggle to change intergroup relations where such change is most needed, but can nonetheless build the micro-foundations of social cohesion in important ways. In shedding light on how contact operates, this dissertation enriches our ability to generate expectations about the effectiveness of prejudice reduction interventions, and ultimately brings us closer to understanding the policy tools available to reap the rewards of intergroup cooperation
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 online resource |
| Place | California |
| Place | [Stanford, California] |
| Publisher | [Stanford University] |
| Copyright date | 2020; ©2020 |
| Publication date | 2020; 2020 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Mousa, Salma |
|---|---|
| Degree supervisor | Blaydes, Lisa, 1975- |
| Degree supervisor | Weinstein, Jeremy M |
| Thesis advisor | Blaydes, Lisa, 1975- |
| Thesis advisor | Weinstein, Jeremy M |
| Thesis advisor | Hainmueller, Jens |
| Thesis advisor | Laitin, David D |
| Degree committee member | Hainmueller, Jens |
| Degree committee member | Laitin, David D |
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Political Science. |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
|---|---|
| Genre | Text |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Salma Mousa |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of Political Science |
| Thesis | Thesis Ph.D. Stanford University 2020 |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2020 by Salma Mousa
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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