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Título: "Don't blame me for what my ancestors did!" : factors associated with the experience of collective guilt regarding aboriginal people
Autores: Caouette, Julie
Fecha: 2003
Publicador: McGill University
Fuente: Ver documento
Tipo: Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Tema: Equality -- Canada -- Psychological aspects.
Social justice -- Canada -- Psychological aspects.
Guilt -- Psychological aspects.
Descripción: Egalitarianism is highly valued in Canada and yet some groups are profoundly disadvantaged. This can be explained by sociological and psychological theorizing that claims advantaged group members are motivated to maintain a system of inequality from which they benefit. The challenge is to explain the few advantaged group members who defy self-interest and support disadvantaged groups. My research objectives were to understand what motivates selected advantaged group members to support disadvantaged groups, and to understand how the majority of advantaged group members maintain their belief in egalitarianism in the face of clear social inequality. Results revealed that most advantaged group members value egalitarianism highly, but only those who define egalitarianism in terms of social responsibility unequivocally support the interests of disadvantaged groups. Most advantaged group members conceive egalitarianism in terms of equality of opportunity, rights or treatment, allowing them to legitimize inequality; consequently, they are less willing to sympathize with the demands for fair treatment by disadvantaged group.
Idioma: en