When Groups Meet: The Dynamics of Intergroup Contact

by Thomas F. Pettigrew and Linda R. Tropp

Research and theory on intergroup contact have become one of the fastest advancing and most exciting fields in social psychology in recent years. The work is exciting because it combines basic social psychological concerns -- human interaction, situational influences on behavior -- with an effective means of improving intergroup relations at a time when the world is witnessing widespread intergroup hatred and strife.

This volume provides...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841697656
• ISBN13: 9781841697659
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"