When groups meet
Subtitle: the dynamics of intergroup contact
By: Thomas F. Pettigrew and Linda R. Tropp
Contributors: Tropp, Linda R.
Series: Essays in social psychology
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9781841697659
Subjects: Intergroup relations; Social groups; Social interaction
Description: x, 309 p. : 24 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The origins of intergroup contact theory; title: Does intergroup contact typically reduce intergroup prejudice?; title: Do intergroup contact effects generalize?; title: Are the effects of intergroup contact universal?; title: When does intergroup contact reduce prejudice?; title: How does intergroup contact reduce prejudice?; title: Does intergroup contact reduce all aspects of prejudice?; title: Does cross-group friendship play a special role in reducing prejudice?; title: Does group status moderate contact effects?; title: Intergroup contact as one of many predictors of prejudice; title: Criticisms of intergroup contact theory; title: When intergroup contact fails; title: Summing up and looking to the future.