Institutional determinants of social inequality

• Main Author: Frederique Autin (auth)
• Other Authors: Fabrizio Butera (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Psychology; Structural barriers; social inequalities; Social reproduction; gender; Education; immigrant; Institutions; Social Class
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Understanding the factors that create and maintain social inequalities is a core question in social psychology. Research has so far mainly focused on the role of individual stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination. However, there is growing evidence that, beyond the "biased" acts of prej...