Forms of Oppression: Additional Resources

These references supplement the Knowledge Base Essay, Forms of Oppression.

Additional Explanations of the Underlying Concepts:

Offline (Print) Sources

Festinger, L. "A Theory of Social Comparison Processes." American Psychologist 16, 1954.

Opotow, S.V. "Affirmative Action, Fairness, and the Scope of Justice." Journal of Social Issues 52:4, 1996.

Harvey, J. Civilized Oppression. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 1999.

Lichtenberg, P. Community and Confluence. Cleveland, OH: Gestalt Institute of Cleveland Press, 1990.

Opotow, S.V. "Deterring Moral Exclusion: A Summary." Journal of Social Issues, 1990.

Deutsch, M. Interracial Housing: A Study of a Social Experiment. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1951.

Opotow, S.V. Is Justice Finite? The Case of Environmental Inclusion. New York: Plenum Press, 1996.

Young, M.I. Justice and the Politics of Difference. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1990.

Opotow, S.V. Limits of Fairness: An Experimental Examination of Antecedents of the Scope of Justice. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, Dissertation Information Service, 1987.

Holmes, Robert L. Nonviolence in Theory and Practice. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co., 1990.
This book provides an overview of the history of nonviolence, with contributions from a wide range of writers.

Edelman, P. Politics as Symbolic Action: Mass Arousal and Acquiescence.. Chicago: Markham, 1971.

McCarthy, William and Christopher Kruegler, eds. Protest, Power, and Change: An Encyclopedia of Nonviolent Action from ACT-Ip to Women's Sufferage.. New York and London: Garland Publishing Co., 1997.
This encyclopedia of nonviolent has in-depth references about the peaceful struggles that have taken place in the past century.

Runciman, W.C. Relative Deprivation and Social Justice. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1966.

Crosby, F. Relative Deprivation and Working Women. New York: Oxford University Press, 1982.
"This study was designed to apply the theory of relative deprivation to the situation of working women and to describe how women experience and express contentment or dissatisfaction with their working conditions. The study compared groups of housewives and employed women and men in high and low prestige occupations to assess felt deprivation and evaluate six hypothesized cognitive emotional preconditions for resentment or expressed discontent." -Murray Research Center

Alinsky, S.D. Rules for Radicals: A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals. New York: Random House, 1971.
"First published in 1971, Rules For Radicals is Saul Alinsky's impassioned counsel to young radicals on how to effect constructive social change and know "the difference between being a realistic radical and being a rhetorical one." Written in the midst of radical political developments whose direction Alinsky was one of the first to question, this volume exhibits his style at its best. Like Thomas Paine before him, Alinsky was able to combine, both in his person and his writing, the intensity of political engagement with an absolute insistence on rational political discourse and adherence to the American democratic tradition." -Amazon.com

Pettigrew, T. Social Evaluation Theory. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1967.

Tajfel, H. Social Identity and Intergroup Behavior. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press, 1982.

Opotow, Susan. "Social Injustice." Peace, Conflict and Violence: Peace Psychology in the 21st Century , 2001.
"This chapter shows how both direct and structural violence depend on distorted perceptions, thoughts, and moral decisions, and suggests a framework for fostering inclusion, social justice, and peace in the twenty-first century."

Coleman, Peter T. and Morton Deutsch, eds. The Handbook of Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice Part Three: Personal Differences. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2000.
The Handbook of Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice part three: Personal Differences looks at the article "Processes and Outcome Goal Orientations in Conflict Situations: The Importance of Framing."

Sharp, G. The Politics of Nonviolent Action: An Encyclopedia of Thought and Action. Philadelphia, PA: Pilgrim Press, 1971.

Deutsch, Morton. The Resolution of Conflict: Constructive and Destructive Processes. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, September 1, 1973.
This work provides a set of theoretical essays and research papers that deal with the nature of conflict and discuss various strategies for resolving conflict. Coming from the point of view of social psychology, the author focuses heavily on the concepts of cooperation, competition, and trust. Primary Link

Gurr, T.R. Why Men Rebel. Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press, 1970.

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