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The SOUTH Model: On the Pros and Cons of Strategic Outgroup Helping

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Ingroup helping is often motivated by concerns for the other’s wellbeing, but prosocial concerns play a much smaller role with regard to outgroup helping. In this chapter, it is argued that outgroup helping is typically rooted in a set of motives that are strategic in nature, driven by the needs of the ingroup rather than those of the outgroup. Strategic outgroup helping is therefore often seen as something sinister, reflecting ‘the dark side of helping’. This raises the question whether strategic motives can or should be used to promote outgroup helping. To help answer this question, this chapter presents an overview of research into strategic outgroup helping, and compares it with non-strategic outgroup helping. The various motives behind strategic outgroup helping are then discussed in more detail, focusing on the extent to which the helper’s and the recipient’s needs are aligned. These strategic motives and their (presumed) consequences for alignment of needs are captured in a new model: the Strategic OUTgroup Helping (SOUTH) model.

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van Leeuwen, E. (2017). The SOUTH Model: On the Pros and Cons of Strategic Outgroup Helping. In: van Leeuwen, E., Zagefka, H. (eds) Intergroup Helping. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53026-0_7

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