Cultural Diversity and the Empowerment of Minorities: Perspectives from Israel and Germany

Published by Berghahn Books 2007

Cultural Diversity and the Empowerment of Minorities

Perspectives from Israel and Germany

Edited by: Rosemarie Mielke and Majid Al-Haj

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781782382126

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Conflicts between different racial, ethnic, national and other social groups are becoming more and more salient. One of the main sources of these internal conflicts is social and economic inequality, in particular the increasing disparities between majority and minority groups. Even societies that had been successful in dealing with external conflicts and making the transition from war to peace have realized that this does not automatically resolve internal conflicts. On the contrary, the resolution of external conflicts may even sharpen the internal ones. This volume, a joint publication of the University of Haifa and the International Center for Graduate Studies (ICGS) at the University of Hamburg, addresses questions of how to deal with internal issues of social inequality and cultural diversity and, at the same time, how to build a shared civility among their different national, ethnic, religious and social groups.

Author / Editor information

Rosemarie Mielke is Professor for Educational Psychology at the University of Hamburg. She has published books on attitude and behavior and self related concepts like control, self-monitoring, self-efficacy and social identity. Her present research projects deal with strategies to cope with "negative" social identity, the influence of (minority/majority) group membership on self-evaluation and achievement behavior and the relationship between self-concept, values and the ethics of biogenetics.

Majid Al-Haj is Head of the Center for Multiculturalism and Educational Research at the University of Haifa and lectures at the Department of Sociology at the University of Haifa. He has published extensively on the social and political structure of the Palestinians in Israel, Palestinian refugees, Russian immigrants in Israel, and freedom of expression. His books include Social Arab Local Government in Israel, co-authored with Henry Rosenfeld (Westview Press, 1990); Education, Empowerment and Control: The Case of the Arabs in Israel (SUNY Press, 1995), Sociology of War and Peace in Israel in a Changing Era (co-editor with Uri Ben Elezer- Haifa University Press , 2003) and Immigration and Ethnic Formation in a Deeply Divided Society: The Case of the 1990s Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union in Israel ( Brill, 2004).

Rosemarie Mielke is Professor for Educational Psychology at the University of Hamburg. She has published books on attitude and behavior and self related concepts like control, self-monitoring, self-efficacy and social identity. Her present research projects deal with strategies to cope with "negative" social identity, the influence of (minority/majority) group membership on self-evaluation and achievement behavior and the relationship between self-concept, values and the ethics of biogenetics.

Reviews

“…this volume makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the various dynamics and manifestations of conflict underlying majority-minority relations in Israel and Germany. Furthermore, the book makes a unique contribution in its application of democracy education as a means of empowering minorities and alleviating tensions. For these reasons, the book will likely appeal to both policymakers and scholars alike in its reference to a wide range of issues such as education, immigration, and gender issues.” • H-German

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Figures and Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction: Education, Multiculturalism, and Empowerment of Minorities – An Overview Majid Al-Haj and Rosemarie Mielke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. General Overview
1. Stories of Struggle: Transnational Advocacy and Democracy Education Gordon Mitchell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
2. What’s Going on between Members of Majorities and Minorities? Contributions from Social Psychology Rosemarie Mielke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
3. Talking at Cross-purposes: Misunderstanding in Intercultural Communication Juliane House Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
Part II. The Israeli Case
4. A Curriculum between Conflict and Peace: The Teaching of History in Jewish and Arab Schools in Israel Majid Al-Haj Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
5. The Evolving Arab Reception of the Holocaust and Palestinian Textbooks: A Contribution to Democracy and Peace Education? Schirin Fathi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
6. Police–minority Relations in a Multicultural Society: The Israeli Case Badi Hasisi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
7. On the Central Role of “Threat Perception” in Mediating the Influence of Socioeconomic Factors on Xenophobic Attitudes Eran Halperin, Daphna Canetti-Nisim and Ami Pedahzur Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
8. A Multimedia Lexicon as a Tool for Increasing Societal Tolerance Oz Almog and Tami Almog Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
9. When Gender Differences Surpass Cultural Differences in Personal Satisfaction with Body Shape in Israeli College Students Marilyn P. Safir, Shimrit Flaisher-Kellner and Amir Rosenmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
10. Postcolonial Feminism, the Politics of Identification, and the Liberal Bargain Amalia Sa’ar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
Part III. The German Case
11. Acculturation Attitudes and Bilingual Classrooms in Germany. The Portuguese–German Example Joana Duarte Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
12. “Not Always Proud to be American”: The Reconstruction of National Identity by Americans Residing in Germany Inke Du Bois Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
13. Oral Mistake Corrections in Second-language Classrooms Olga Visbal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
14. Intercultural Competence in Management Consultancies in Germany: Does It Exist? Melissa Lamson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
Notes on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
Index of Names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
Index of Subjects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 304
Keywords: Cultural Studies (General); Educational Studies; Sociology

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Published: December 1, 2007
ISBN: 9781782382126