Racial Encounter: The Social Psychology of Contact and Desegregation

by John Dixon and Kevin Durrheim

Book Overview

The political and legislative changes which took place in South Africa during the 1990s, with the dissolution of apartheid, created a unique set of social conditions. As official policies of segregation were abolished, people of both black and white racial groups began to experience new forms of social contact and intimacy.

By examining these emerging processes of intergroup contact in South Africa, and evaluating related evidence from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138876895
• ISBN13: 9781138876897
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"