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Identifier
Thesis
1807
Author
Nowacki, Elzbieta
Title
Relationship
of
neighborhood
diversity
to
generalized
trust
,
racial
trust
and
trust
of
neighbors
Publisher
Central Connecticut State University
Date of Publication
2005
Resource Type
Master's Thesis
Abstract
The
United
States
has
always
been a
diverse
culture
since
everyone
(except
the
Native
Americans)
came
from
somewhere
else.
In
recent
decades
,
many
people
from
Asia
,
Africa
, and
Latin
America
immigrated
to this
country
(Alba
&
Nee
,
2003).
Now
many
of
our
communities
face
the
challenges
and
opportunities
associated
with
rapid
growth
of
racial
and
ethnic
minorities.
As
our
society
becomes
more
functionally
multicultural
and
organizations
grow
correspondingly
more
diverse
,
contact
with
people
who
are
different
from
oneself
will be
inevitable
(Jones
,
Lynch
,
Tenglund
&
Gaertner
,
2000).
An
analysis
of
economic
and
social
wellbeing
of
American
citizens
undertaken
by
former
President
Clinton's
Council
of
Economic
Advisors
(CEA)
at the
request
of the
Advisory
Board
of the
President's
Initiative
on
Race
illustrates
the
continuing
problem
of
racial
differences
in
well-being
(Jones
et
al.
,
2000).
The
data
from the
CEA
Report
(Jones
et
al.
,
2000)
indicate
that by the
year
2050
,
non-Hispanic
Blacks
,
Asian
,
Hispanic
, and
Native
Americans
will
together
compromise
half
of the
U.S.
population.
Diversity
presents
two
challenges
to
Americans.
First
,
differences
may
result
into
prejudice
that in
contact
situations
may
lead
to
ethnic/racial
tensions
,
interpersonal
stereotyping
, and
intergroup
biases.
Second
,
differences
may
undermine
communication
,
cooperation
, and
concerted
effort
and
productivity
(Jones
et
al.
,
2000).
The
research
on
intergroup
relations
has
presented
a
mixed
picture
regarding
the
consequences
of
intergroup
contact.
Jones
and
colleagues
(2000)
suggest
that
cooperation
between
members
of
diverse
groups
,
conceptualized
by the
condition
of
contact
,
is
effective
at
promoting
positive
intergroup
relationship.
Zajonc
(1968)
has
suggested
that the
opportunity
to
interact
with
diverse
others
may
contribute
to
more
positive
attitudes
towards
others.
Others
,
such
as
Blalock
(1967)
report
such
interaction
can
increase
negative
feelings.
Sigelman
and
Welch
(1993)
noted
that the
interracial
contact
affects
racial
attitudes
, not the
reverse.
Those
who
are
more
positively
disposed
to
members
of
other
races
could
actively
seek
them
out
as
friends
, and
choose
to
live
in
proximity
to them,
while
others
could
either
make
no
effort
to
cement
interracial
friendships
or
avoid
interracial
contact
altogether.
Given
the
differing
perspectives
suggested
by the
research
on the
impact
of
interracial
contact
on
attitudes
, the
present
study
examines
the
relationship
between
neighborhood
diversity
and
social
and
racial
trust
using
data
from the
Social
Capital
Benchmark
Survey
(The
Social
Capital
Benchmark
Survey
,
2001
,
retrieved
from
http://www.cfsv.org/communitysurvey).
The
following
sections
present
a
review
of the
literature
on this
topic
including
segregation
,
contact
hypothesis
and
prejudice
,
interracial
contact
,
neighborhoods
diversity
, and
trust.
Next
,
it
describes
the
methodology
of the
present
study.
Subject
Multiculturalism -- Psychological aspects
Ethnic neighborhoods -- United States
Trust
Department
Department of Psychology
Advisor
Goldstein, Marc B.
Type
Text
Digital Format
application/pdf
Language
eng
OCLC number
713734334
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