Improving Intergroup Relations Building on the Legacy of Thomas F. Pettigrew
by Wagner, Ulrich; Tropp, Linda R.; Finchilescu, Gillian; Tredoux, ColinEdition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-08-04
Publisher(s): Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary
Improving Intergroup Relations focuses on emerging research directions for improving intergroup relations, a field which has been largely influenced and inspired by the life contributions of Thomas F. Pettigrew. The book Contains 18 original articles written in an accessible style by experts in psychology and related disciplines Suggests practical strategies for improving intergroup relations Looks at intergroup relations from the early influence of Dr. Pettigrew and how his seminal work has fostered many new developments in the field Explores the implications of intergroup research for the promotion of social change
Author Biography
Ulrich Wagner is Professor of Social Psychology and Director of the Center for Conflict Studies at Philipps-University Marburg, Germany.
Linda R. Tropp is Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of the Psychology of Peace and Violence Concentration at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States.
Gillian Finchilescu is Professor and Chair of Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.
Colin Tredoux is Professor of Psychology, and Head of Department, at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Table of Contents
| Editor''s Introduction | |
| Thomas F. Pettigrew: Building on the Scholar-Activist Tradition in Social Psychology | |
| Exploring the Causes of Prejudice and Discrimination | |
| From Lewin and Allport to Pettigrew: Modern Practical Theories | |
| Rediscovering the Emotional Aspect of Prejudice and Intergroup Behavior | |
| The Role of Threat in Intergroup Relations | |
| Functions of intergroup contact in improving intergroup relations | |
| From When to Why: Understanding How Contact Reduces Bias | |
| The Role of Trust in Intergroup Contact: Its Significance and Implications for Improving Relations Between Groups | |
| The Impact of Direct and Extended Cross-Group Friendships on Improving Intergroup Relations | |
| Intergroup Relations and Reflections on One''s Own Group Membership | |
| Ingroup and Outgroup Contact: A Longitudinal Study of the Effects of Cross-Ethnic Friendships, Dates, Roommate Relationships and Participation in Segregated Organisations | |
| Extended Contact and Including Others in the Self: Building on the Allport/Pettigrew Legacy | |
| Deprovincialization: Social Identity Complexity and Outgroup Acceptance | |
| Focusing on social context in improving intergroup relations | |
| Intergroup Contact, Social Context and Racial Ecology in South Africa | |
| Social and Political Context Effects on Intergroup Contact and Intergroup Attitudes | |
| Positive Intergroup Relations: From Reduced Outgroup Rejection to Outgroup Support | |
| Intergroup Relations as a Commitment to Social Change | |
| Feeling Relative Deprivation: The Rocky Road from Comparisons to Actions | |
| Bridging Individual and Social Change in International Conflict: Contextual Social Psychology in Action | |
| School Desegregation Research: Outcomes, Historical Trends and Issues Affecting its Usefulness in Policy and Practice | |
| Final Reflections: | |
| Reflections on Core Themes i | |
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