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Improving Intergroup Relations: Building on the Legacy of Thomas F. Pettigrew

ISBN: 978-1-444-30311-7

February 2009

Wiley-Blackwell

344 pages

Description
Improving Intergroup Relations focuses on emerging research directions for improving intergroup relations, a field which has been largely influenced and inspired by the life contributions of Thomas F. Pettigrew. The book
  • Contains 18 original articles written in an accessible style by experts in psychology and related disciplines
  • Suggests practical strategies for improving intergroup relations
  • Looks at intergroup relations from the early influence of Dr. Pettigrew and how his seminal work has fostered many new developments in the field
  • Explores the implications of intergroup research for the promotion of social change
About the Author
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.

Features

  • Contains 18 original articles written in an accessible style by experts in psychology and related disciplines
  • Focuses on emerging research directions for improving intergroup relations, as well as practical strategies
  • Looks at intergroup relations from the early influence of Dr. Pettigrew and how his seminal work has fostered many new developments in the field
  • Explores the implications of intergroup research for the promotion of social change