Analysis in social theory of intergroup relations, with particular reference to social research in respect of discrimination against minority groups in the USA - includes research methods, factors of social psychology, behaviour towards Black populations, etc.

Covers such topics as : problems of bias and method ; major types of minorities ; assumptions regarding minorities ; physically defined minorities ; cultural minorities ; economic minorities ; behavioral minorities ; world context ; human liberation. Poverty, deviance, gender, age, and ethnic prejudice have subjected people to injustices for centuries. -- Back cover.