Racial, ethnic and religious social distance in Surinam: An exploration of the ‘strategic alliance hypothesis’ in a Caribbean community

Brinkerhoff, Merlin B.; Jacob, Jeffrey C.

doi:10.1080/01419870.1994.9993844

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“…The Social Distance Scale has also been used in a variety of countries including Australia (McAllister and Moore 1991), Egypt (Sell 1990). Ethiopia (Brown 1967), France (Lambert 1952), India (Chatterjea and Basu 1978;Singh 1965;Subramanian et al 1973), Israel (Pirojnikoff, Hadar and Hadar 1971), Jamaica (Richardson 1983), Lebanon (Starr 1978), New Zealand (McCreary 1952, Nigeria (Adewuya and Makanjuola 2005;Ogunlade 1972), Pakistan (Zaidi 1967a, b), The Philippines (Yenko 1970), South Africa (Groenewald and Heaven 1977;Orpen 1973), Surinam (Brinkerhoff and Jacob 1994) and Taiwan (Maykovich 1980;Hunt 1956). Finally, the scale can be used with both children (Morgan 2006) and adults (Sakuragi 2006).…”

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Emory Bogardus and the Origins of the Social Distance Scale

Wark

Galliher

2007

Am Soc

158

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This article provides some history of sociology by focusing on the origins of the Bogardus Social Distance Scale. The scale was developed by Emory Bogardus in 1924 and is still widely used in measuring prejudice. It has been translated into several languages, and used in many countries in measuring attitudes toward a variety of groups. The authors use primary and secondary data, including an interview with one of Bogardus's colleagues, Thomas Lasswell, and the Bogardus archive at the University of Southern California. American racial and ethnic conflict, and the increasing scientific emphasis in sociology help explain the genesis of the scale. The personal biography of Bogardus is examined along with trends in sociology during his training at the University of Chicago and developments throughout American society. This study shows how the social environment of Bogardus influenced his personal life circumstances that help account for his creation of the scale.

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Emory Bogardus and the Origins of the Social Distance Scale

Wark

Galliher

2007

Am Soc

158

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“…Summated scales are then created on the assumption that low tolerance of proximity equates with underlying discrimination, prejudice or fear of the outgroup in question. Social distance has been used in this way to assess prejudice associated with race (Bogardus 1928;Westie 1953), mental illness (Angermeyer and Matschinger 1997;Brockman and D'Arcy 1978;Corrigan et al 2001) and religion (Brinkerhoff and Jacob 1994). Although the concept of 'distance' has sometimes been used entirely metaphorically rather than spatially, there are good reasons for including an element of spatial proximity in such scales (Ethington 2007).…”

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Internal consistency reliability and construct validity of the Attitude toward Muslim Proximity Index (AMPI): a measure of social distance

Brockett

Village

Francis

2009

British Journal of Religious Education

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“…Social distance has been used in this way to assess prejudice associated with race (Bogardus 1928;Westie 1953), mental illness (Angermeyer & Matschinger 1997;Brockman & D'Arcy 1978;Corrigan et al 2001), and religion (Brinkerhoff & Jacob 1994). Although the concept of 'distance' has sometimes been used entirely metaphorically rather than spatially, there are good reasons for including an element of spatial proximity in such scales (Ethington 2007).…”

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confidence: 99%