O aparelho policial português - um estudo de identidades sociais

Abstract

Investigated prestige and intergroup relations in the context of Portuguese police forces. Social Identity Theory would predict a pattern of ingroup favouritism in the case of the high status group and an outgroup favoritism pattern in the case of the low status group. Interestingly, the data is not supportive of S.I.T. but rather consistent with Strategic Responses framework developed by Van Knippenberg e Van Oers (1984). The superior group denies advantages over the inferior one as a means of keeping the superiority. The inferior group points out the advantages of the superior group, the unfairness of the situation as a means of restoring equity in the social matrix.