When Groups Meet - The Dynamics of Intergroup Contact (Hardcover)

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 an overview of this rapidly progressing area of investigation - its origins and early work, its current status and recent developments, along with criticisms of this work and suggestions for future directions. It covers a range of research findings involving contact between groups drawn from the authors' extensive meta-analysis of 515 published studies on intergroup contact. This meta-analysis, together with the authors' renowned research on intergroup contact, provides a solid foundation and broad overview of the field, to which have been added discussions of research extensions and emerging directions. When Groups Meet is a rich, comprehensive overview of classic and contemporary work on intergroup contact, and provides insights into where this work is headed in the future. For research specialists, this volume not only serves as a sourcebook for research and theory on intergroup contact, it also provides the entire 515-item bibliography from the meta-analysis. The clear structure and accessible writing style will also appeal to advanced undergraduate and graduate students in psychology and other social sciences.

General

Imprint:	Psychology Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Essays in Social Psychology
Release date:	March 2011
First published:	2005
Authors:	Thomas F. Pettigrew • Linda R. Tropp
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Paper over boards
Pages:	309
ISBN-13:	978-1-84169-765-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Social, group or collective psychology
LSN:	1-84169-765-6
Barcode:	9781841697659

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