Social Dominance Theory: Its Agenda and Method

Jim Sidanius, Felicia Pratto B, Colette van Laar, Shana Levin

Political Psychology· 2004-11-10· article· 615 citationsclosed

Social and Intergroup Psychology Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior Social Power and Status Dynamics

Abstract

The theory has been misconstrued in four primary ways, which are often expressed as the claims of psychological reductionism, conceptual redundancy, biological reductionism, and hierarchy justification. This paper addresses these claims and suggests how social dominance theory builds on and moves beyond social identity theory and system justification theory.

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Jim Sidanius, Felicia Pratto B, Colette van Laar, Shana Levin (2004). Social Dominance Theory: Its Agenda and Method. Political Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9221.2004.00401.x

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  title  = {Social Dominance Theory: Its Agenda and Method},
  author = {Sidanius, Jim and B, Felicia Pratto and Laar, Colette van and Levin, Shana},
  year   = {2004},
  journal = {Political Psychology},
  doi    = {10.1111/j.1467-9221.2004.00401.x}
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