Open AccessIntergroup Conflict Reduction Through Identity Affirmation: Overcoming the Image of the Ethnic or Enemy “Other”
Author(s) -
Thomas E. Boudreau
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
peace and conflict studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.116
H-Index - 6
ISSN - 1082-7307
DOI - 10.46743/1082-7307/2003.1033
Subject(s) - ethnic group , collective identity , social psychology , adversary , identity (music) , social identity theory , ethnic conflict , psychology , transparency (behavior) , scope (computer science) , group (periodic table) , sociology , social group , political science , aesthetics , computer science , law , computer security , politics , philosophy , chemistry , organic chemistry , programming language
This paper first argues that a conflict between groups can be lessened by the explicit affirmation by one group of the other group’s identity, including its past pain, defeats and collective losses, when appropriate. A model of group affirmation is then proposed, consisting of: Leadership, Recognition, Validation and the Transparency of Future Time. The groups involved can be ethnic or national in scope. This model is defined in terms of another possible ARIA model to be added to the one already proposed, though quite different in content, by Jay Rothman (1997). Limitations concerning the use of this model are discussed as well.