Social Psychology of Helping Relations: Solidarity and Hierarchy

Examines the major aspects of giving and receiving help in interpersonal and intergroup relations

This unique book extends the traditional emphasis on interpersonal help-giving in order to consider a wider spectrum of interpersonal and intergroup helping relations. Help giving is viewed as reflecting people’s care for others, while at the same time dependency on help and giving help imply lower and higher places on the social hierarchy, respectively. It studies the psychology of what goes i...