
Published online:
21 March 2013
Published in print:
02 January 2009
Online ISBN:
9780226435725
Print ISBN:
9780226435701
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The Nature of Ethnocentrism The Nature of Ethnocentrism
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The Origins of Ethnocentrism The Origins of Ethnocentrism
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Early Readiness Early Readiness
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Genetic Transmission and Social Learning Genetic Transmission and Social Learning
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Personality Personality
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Education Education
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Consolidation and Stability in Adulthood Consolidation and Stability in Adulthood
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The Consequences of Ethnocentrism The Consequences of Ethnocentrism
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Commanding Attention Commanding Attention
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Framing the Issue Framing the Issue
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Onward Onward
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Cite
OXFORD ACADEMIC STYLE
Kinder, Donald R., and Cindy D. Kam, 'Ethnocentrism Reconceived', Us Against Them: Ethnocentric Foundations of American Opinion (Chicago, IL , 2009; online edn, Chicago Scholarship Online, 21 Mar. 2013), https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226435725.003.0003, accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
CHICAGO STYLE
Kinder, Donald R., and Cindy D. Kam. "Ethnocentrism Reconceived." In Us Against Them: Ethnocentric Foundations of American Opinion University of Chicago Press, 2009. Chicago Scholarship Online, 2013. https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226435725.003.0003.
Abstract
This chapter proposes a theoretical framework to explain the nature of ethnocentrism. It suggests that ethnocentrism is a predisposition to divide human society into in-groups and out-groups that plays an important part in matters of political consequence. The chapter also argues that ethnocentrism will be more or less important to public opinion on an issue depending on the ability of the issue to command the public's limited and fickle attention, and on how the particular issue is framed.
Keywords:
ethnocentrism, theoretical framework, human society, in-groups, out-groups, political consequence, public opinion
Subject
US Politics
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