T. W. Swan Circular CausationCircular causation

Peter L. Swan ()
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Chapter Chapter 6 in Trevor Winchester Swan, Volume II, 2023, pp 67-73 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: In Myrdal'sMyrdal, Gunner “simplified mental model”, White prejudiceWhite prejudice and Negro standardsNegro standards mutually “cause” each other. The greater the prejudice, the lower the standards that Negroes can achieve; the lower their standards, the greater the prejudice against them. At first sight, it seems that any point at which these two forces happen to balance is inherently unstable. “If either of the factors changes, this will cause a change in the other factor, too, and start a process of interaction where the change in one factor will continuously be supported by the reaction of the other factor. The whole system will be moving in the direction of the primary change, but much further”.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-23807-9_6

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