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The Justice Motive in Social Behavior

Adapting to Times of Scarcity and Change

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  • © 1981

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Editors:
  1. Melvin J. Lerner

    1. Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada

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  2. Sally C. Lerner

    1. Environmental Studies, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada

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Part of the book series: Critical Issues in Social Justice (CISJ)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Adapting to Scarcity and Change (I)

      • Sally C. Lerner
      Pages 3-10

    3. The Justice Motive in Human Relations

      • Melvin J. Lerner
      Pages 11-35

  3. Basic Processes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 37-37
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    2. Origins and Development of the Sense of Justice

      1. Theoretical Issues in the Development of Social Justice
        • Carolyn H. Simmons
        Pages 41-55
      2. The Development of Justice and Self-Interest during Childhood
        • William Damon
        Pages 57-72
      3. Morality and the Development of Conceptions of Justice
        • Rachel Karniol, Dale T. Miller
        Pages 73-89

    3. New Perspectives on the Social Dimensions of Justice

      1. Social Change and the Contexts of Justice Motivation
        • Edward E. Sampson
        Pages 97-124
      2. Retributive Justice
        • Robert Hogan, Nicholas P. Emler
        Pages 125-143
      3. The Social Psychology of Punishment Reactions
        • Dale T. Miller, Neil Vidmar
        Pages 145-172
      4. Microjustice and Macrojustice
        • Philip Brickman, Robert Folger, Erica Goode, Yaacov Schul
        Pages 173-202

  4. Institutional Settings

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 203-203
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    2. Close Relations

      1. The Changing Longevity of Heterosexual Close Relationships
        • Ellen Berscheid, Bruce Campbell
        Pages 209-234
      2. Giving and Receiving
        • Louise H. Kidder, Michele A. Fagan, Ellen S. Cohn
        Pages 235-259
      3. The Exchange Process in Close Relationships
        • John G. Holmes
        Pages 261-284

    3. Justice in the Marketplace

      1. The Justice of Distributing Scarce and Abundant Resources
        • Jerald Greenberg
        Pages 289-316
      2. The Allocation and Acquisition of Resources in Times of Scarcity
        • Andre de Carufel
        Pages 317-341
      3. Justice in “The Crunch”
        • Morton Deutsch
        Pages 343-357
      4. The Relationship of Economic Growth to Inequality in the Distribution of Income
        • Thomas D. Cook, Barbara Pearlman
        Pages 359-389
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This volume was conceived out of the concern with what the imminent future holds for the "have" countries ... those societies, such as the United States, which are based on complex technology and a high level of energy consumption. Even the most sanguine projection includes as base minimum relatively rapid and radical change in all aspects of the society, reflecting adaptation or reactions to demands created by poten­ tial threat to the technological base, sources of energy, to the life-support system itself. Whatever the source of these threats-whether they are the result of politically endogeneous or exogeneous forces-they will elicit changes in our social institutions; changes resulting not only from attempts to adapt but also from unintended consequences of failures to adapt. One reasonable assumption is that whatever the future holds for us, we would prefer to live in a world of minimal suffering with the greatest opportunity for fulfilling the human potential. The question then becomes one of how we can provide for these goals in that scenario for the imminent future ... a world of threat, change, need to adapt, diminishing access to that which has been familiar, comfortable, needed.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada

    Melvin J. Lerner

  • Environmental Studies, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada

    Sally C. Lerner

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