‘Minority’ as a sociological concept

Amersfoort, Hans van

doi:10.1080/01419870.1978.9993230

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“…Sociologists define minority as a concept grounded in power relations among groups (cf. Blalock, 1967;van Amersfoort, 1978). Race and ethnic relations are viewed and analyzed in terms of intergroup power relations and group power contests (Baker, 1983).…”

Section: Perspectives On Power and Minority Groupsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Diversified Mentoring Relationships in Organizations: A Power Perspective

Ragins

1997

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Section: Perspectives On Power and Minority Groupsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Diversified Mentoring Relationships in Organizations: A Power Perspective

Ragins

1997

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“…Another point which can distinguish between Persian and English societies is the orientation. As Amersfoort (1978) differentiated between universalistic subordinates vs. concentrated subordinates societies, with regard to the results of this study, it can be concluded that Persian speakers tend to be more universalistic and English speakers are more concentrated. Amersfoort pointed out that universalistic subordinates aim at participation in society and they demand equality.…”

Section: International Journal Of Research Studies In Language Learning 45mentioning

confidence: 54%

Investigating condolence responses in English and Persian

Pishghadam¹,

Moghaddam²

2012

IJRSLL

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This study intends to investigate condolence responses in Persian and English. The data collection instrument was movies. The movies were utilized to study the responses native speakers employ when someone offers condolences to them. Since there was no model of comparison, the researchers had to make one based on the nature of responses collected from movies. Seven categories of responses were recognized. The categories are: token of appreciation; expressing sorrow; sharing feeling; comment on the deceased; topic avoidance; self-blame statement; and divine comment. The Chi-square formula was then employed to find out whether there are any significant differences between the observed frequencies. The findings showed that Persian responses are more celestial and collectivist in nature while English condolence responses are more terrestrial and individualistic. Finally, the results were discussed and some suggestions were made.

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“…In this article, we understand the concept of minority quantitatively: A minority group is the smallest group in a social gathering. Nevertheless, in the social sciences, the concept is often associated with the critique of inequality, deprivation, subordination, marginalization, and limited access to power and resources 35 . Performing a quantitative analysis of the structural mechanisms of mixing, exclusion, and interaction by no means implies ignorance about these issues.…”

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Group mixing drives inequality in face-to-face gatherings

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Uncovering how inequality emerges from human interaction is imperative for just societies. Here we show that the way social groups interact in face-to-face situations can enable the emergence of disparities in the visibility of social groups. These disparities translate into members of specific social groups having fewer social ties than the average (i.e., degree inequality). We characterize group degree inequality in sensor-based data sets and present a mechanism that explains these disparities as the result of group mixing and group-size imbalance. We investigate how group sizes affect this inequality, thereby uncovering the critical size and mixing conditions in which a critical minority group emerges. If a minority group is larger than this critical size, it can be a well-connected, cohesive group; if it is smaller, minority cohesion widens inequality. Finally, we expose group under-representation in degree rankings due to mixing dynamics and propose a way to reduce such biases.

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‘Minority’ as a sociological concept

Cited by 19 publications

References 2 publications

Diversified Mentoring Relationships in Organizations: A Power Perspective

Diversified Mentoring Relationships in Organizations: A Power Perspective

Investigating condolence responses in English and Persian

Group mixing drives inequality in face-to-face gatherings

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