Ulrich Wagner / Linda Tropp / Gillian Finchilescu / Colin Tredoux

Improving Intergroup Relations

Building on the Legacy of Thomas F. Pettigrew
Herausgeber: Wagner, Ulrich; Tredoux, Colin; Finchilescu, Gillian; Tropp, Linda R

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Produktbeschreibung

Improving Intergroup Relations focuses on emerging research directions for intergroup relations, a field which has been influenced and inspired by the life contributions of Thomas F. Pettigrew. The book explores the many ways in which the work of Dr. Pettigrew has fostered new developments in the field, with each chapter presenting both Dr. Pettigrew's landmark work as well as the most recent and relevant advances. The chapters conclude with the thoughts of leading scholars on practical strategies and future directions for combating intergroup conflict. The final chapter explores the implications of intergroup research for the promotion of social change.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. August 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9781405169721
• ISBN-10: 1405169729
• Artikelnr.: 23502466

Autorenporträt

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.

Rezensionen

"Policymakers and practictioners will likely find thedescriptions of the research accessible andmeaningful." (Analyses of Social Issues and PublicPolicy, 17 October 2013)"Each chapter in Improving Intergroup Relations isconcise and readable and reports on exciting research findings inthe field of intergroup relations." (PsycCRITIQUES,April 2009)

"Tom Pettigrew's research and writing has had a majorimpact on our understanding of prejudice, its causes and cures.This remarkable volume is both a tribute to Pettigrew'sinfluence and an extension of its reach. A must read for anyoneinterested in intergroup relations." Elliot Aronson, authorof The Social Animal, Nobody Left to Hate, andMistakes were Made (But Not By Me)"This remarkable book brings together the world's leadingscholars of intergroup relations to pay tribute to the seminal workof Thomas Pettigrew, and in so doing to derive essential lessonsfor academics, politicians, and the public in general."
-Douglas S. Massey, Princeton University

"Tribute and treat, this exciting collection celebrates socialpsychologist Tom Pettigrew's great impact on ourunderstandings of prejudice, discrimination, and intergoup contact.Highly readable articles integrate well, offering a well-etchedportrait of Pettigrew's many contributions to research onracial emotions, intergroup adaptation, deprovincialization ofingroups, and context effects. Once expelled from school forstanding up to a bigoted teacher, Pettigrew'sscholar-activist commitments to eradicating racism have beeninfluential and equal to those of any social scientist of the lasthalf century."
-Joe R. Feagin, Texas A & M University