Advances in Intergroup Contact

ISBN-13: 9781848720541 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 336 str.

Gordon Hodson; Miles Hewstone

Opis

This volume focuses on one of the hottest topics in the social sciences: prejudice. Covering not only basic principles but cutting edge findings and theoretical directions, key questions surrounding this subject are addressed. Given the prominence of contact as a powerful prejudice-reduction tool, this book is a must-read for students and scholars of social psychology and sociology, as well as policy-makers and practitioners.

Recenzje

"This extremely valuable document is required reading for advanced scholars and social policy analysts...Summing Up: Highly recommended."- D. Sydiaha, emeritus, University of Saskatchewan, for CHOICE, June 2013

Spis treści

Part 1: Introduction. G. Hodson, M. Hewstone, Introduction: Advances in Intergroup Contact. Part 2: Potential Obstacles to Positive Intergroup Contact and Directions for Circumvention. J. D. Vorauer, Getting Past the Self: Understanding and Removing Evaluative Concerns as an Obstacle to Positive Intergroup Contact Effects. G. Hodson, K. Costello, & C. C. Macinnis, Is Intergroup Contact Beneficial Among Intolerant People? Exploring Individual Differences in the Benefits of Contact on Attitudes. S. Lolliot, K. Schmid, M. Hewstone, A. Al Ramiah, N. Tausch, H. Swart, Generalized Effects Of Intergroup Contact: The Secondary Transfer Effect. T. Saguy, L. R. Tropp, D. Hawi, The Role of Group Power in Intergroup Contact. Part 3: Building Intimacy in Intergroup Contact: Preludes and Processes. R. J. Crisp, R. N. Turner, Imagined Intergroup Contact: Refinements, Debates and Clarifications. T. V. West, J. F. Dovidio, Intergroup Contact across Time: Beyond Initial Contact. F. E. Aboud, C. S. Brown, Positive and Negative Intergroup Contact among Children and its Effect on Attitudes. K. Davies, S. C. Wright, A. Aron, J. Comeau, Intergroup Contact through Friendship: Intimacy and Norms. Part 4: Methodological Concerns and Future Considerations. O. Christ, U. Wagner, Methodological Issues in the Study of Intergroup Contact: Towards A New Wave of Research. G. Hodson, M. Hewstone, H. Swart, Advances in Intergroup Contact: Epilogue and Future Directions.