Note on Race Relations in Mass Society
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7618356 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joseph D Lohman, Dietrich C Reitzes |
| Year | 1952 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 240-246 |
| Publication date | 1952-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/221145 |
| OpenAlex | W2095014911 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
Current research about racial relations is based on two dubious assumptions: that particularistic theories are necessary and appropriate and that human behavior in situations of racial contact is determined by individual attitudes. But in modern mass society individual behavior is increasingly controlled by deliberately organized collectivities. As concerns homeownership, wages and working conditions, and commercial transactions, the individual's racial attitudes are subordinated to and mobilized by definitions of the situation supplied by organizations
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 1971 - 2020 (50) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |