Intraregional Migration in Latin America: Psychological Perspectives on Acculturation and Intergroup Relations(Psychology in Latin America)

This book addresses the psychosocial causes, consequences, and underpinnings of intraregional migration in Latin America. War, political instability, and disparities in wealth and opportunity have long driven migration within Latin America, and this process shows no sign of slowing. In this book, cross-cultural and social psychologists address the urgent issues that face migrants throughout Central and South America. This includes overt prejudice and discrimination, particularly toward immigrants of indigenous or African-American origin microaggressions the tendency to positively value fair skin and European surnames as well as political questions regarding the nature of citizenship and nationhood and links between legacies of colonialism and slavery and present-day inequality. Contributors offer conceptual, theoretical, and methodological tools for understanding the psychological processes that underlie migration and intergroup contact. Chapters focus on migration between and within countries in Central and South America, including Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru, and Brazil.

Table of Contents:
Foreword Thomas F. Pettigrew Introduction: Intraregional Migration in Latin America From a Psychological Perspective Vanessa Smith-Castro, David Sirlop amp uacute , Anja Eller, and H amp uuml seyin amp Ccedil akal Part I. Intercultural Contact and Acculturation  Chapter . South-South Migration in Chile: Well-Being and Intergroup Relations Between Latin-American Immigrants and Host Society Members Mar amp iacute a Jos amp eacute Mera-Lemp, Gonzalo Mart amp iacute nez-Zelaya, Marian Bilbao, and Aracely Orellana Chapter 2. Acculturation Strategies and Multicultural Identity in Bolivia: Influences of a Plural Society Eric Roth and Adriana M amp eacute ndez Chapter 3. Acculturation in International Students in Argentina: Factors That Predict Adaptation Alejandro Castro Solano and Mar amp iacute a Laura Lupano Perugini Chapter 4. My Home, My Rules: Costa Rican Attitudes Toward Immigrants and Immigration Vanessa Smith-Castro, Eugenia Gallardo-Allen, and Mauricio Molina-Delgado Part II. Intergroup Relations and Social Change  Chapter 5. Exploring Discrimination and Prejudice in Education: Contributions From Social Psychology to the Immigrant Phenomenon in Chile Natalia Salas, Dante Castillo, David Huepe, Luis Eduardo Thayer Correa, and Felipe Kong Chapter . Disadvantage, Contact, and Health Among Indigenous People in Mexico and Chile Anja Eller, H amp uuml seyin amp Ccedil akal, and David Sirlop amp uacute Chapter 7.  Socio-Ideological Beliefs and Perspective Taking Versus the Two-Headed Dragon:  A Latin American Prejudice Story, as Told in Argentina Carlos M. D amp iacute az-L amp aacute zaro, Jerem amp iacute as D. Tosi, Luz M. Castro, and Carolina E. Borgeat-Linares Chapter 8. amp quot What Brings Us Together and Sets Us Apart amp quot : Regional Identities and Intergroup Relations as the Basis of Peruvian National Identity in Samples from Ayacucho and Lima Rosa Mar amp iacute a Cueto, Agust amp iacute n Espinosa, and Harry Lewis Chapter 9. amp ldquo They Are Close to Us, but We Are So Different From Them amp rdquo : Prejudice Toward Immigrants and Indigenous Peoples in Brazil Valdiney V. Gouveia, Rafaella C. R. Ara amp uacute jo, and Taciano L. Milfont Conclusion: Implications for Future Research Vanessa Smith-Castro, David Sirlop amp uacute , Anja Eller, and H amp uuml seyin amp Ccedil akal  

About the Author :
Vanessa Smith-Castro earned her PhD in Social Psychology from Philipps-Universit amp auml t Marburg (Germany). She is full professor​ at the Institute for Psychological Research of the University of Costa Rica. Her research interests are social cognition​, intergroup relations, acculturation, and the social psychology of health.  David Sirlop amp uacute  is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Psychology at Universidad del Desarollo (Concepci amp oacute n, Chile). His research interests are intergroup relations and acculturation processes of Latina America immigrants and majority society. He also conducts research involving respect as recognition in minority groups, and subjective well-being in children and adolescents. Anja Eller ( 974-2 9) was professor of Social Psychology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. She was broadly interested intergroup relations, intergroup contact, identity and categorization, and embarrassment.  H amp uuml seyin amp Ccedil akal holds an MSc in Sociology from the University of Manchester and a DPhil in Social Psychology from the University of Oxford. He is a lecturer in Psychology at the University of Keele. His research investigates intergroup contact, social identity processes, collective action, and mental health among severely disadvantaged communities.