Improving Intergroup Relations: Building on the Legacy of Thomas F. Pettigrew: 16 (Social Issues and Interventions) - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 1405169710 ISBN 13: 9781405169714

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell, 2008

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"This remarkable book brings together the world's leading scholars of intergroup relations to pay tribute to the seminal work of Thomas Pettigrew, and in so doing to derive essential lessons for academics, politicians, and the public in general." Douglas S. Massey, Princeton University "Tribute and treat, this exciting collection celebrates social psychologist Tom Pettigrew's great impact on our understandings of prejudice, discrimination, and intergoup contact. Highly readable articles integrate well, offering a well-etched portrait of Pettigrew's many contributions to research on racial emotions, intergroup adaptation, deprovincialization of ingroups, and context effects. Once expelled from school for standing up to a bigoted teacher, Pettigrew's scholar-activist commitments to eradicating racism have been influential and equal to those of any social scientist of the last half century." Joe R. Feagin, Texas A & M University "Tom Pettigrew's research and writing has had a major impact on our understanding of prejudice, its causes and cures. This remarkable volume is both a tribute to Pettigrew's influence and an extension of its reach. A must read for anyone interested in intergroup relations." Elliot Aronson, author of The Social Animal , Nobody Left to Hate , and Mistakes were Made (But Not By Me) FOR BACK COVER: "In an increasingly fissured world, it is both timely and reassuring to know that so many of social psychology's leading minds are addressing themselves here to the cause of promoting tolerance and social harmony. Researchers and policy-makers alike will profit greatly from a close study of this book." Rupert Brown, University of Sussex FOR FM PUFFS PAGE: "This book is designed simultaneously as a tribute to Tom Pettigrew, one of the world's foremost scholars of prejudice, and as a 'state of the art' collection of essays delineating social psychology's contribution to the reduction of prejudice around the world. It succeeds admirably in both these aims. It is a fitting celebration of Pettigrew's career, both as a pioneering social scientist and as a courageous activist in the cause of social justice. The essays, written by a veritable 'Who's Who' in the social psychology of intergroup relations, are admirably concise and well-written accounts of the key recent developments in the field. There can be few topics which deserve more of our attention than that of improving intergroup relations. In an increasingly fissured world, it is both timely and reassuring to know that so many of social psychology's leading minds are addressing themselves here to the cause of promoting tolerance and social harmony. Researchers and policy-makers alike will profit greatly from a close study of this book." Rupert Brown, University of Sussex

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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

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• Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1405169710
• ISBN 13: 9781405169714
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 344
• Herausgeber: Wagner Ulrich, Tropp Linda R., Finchilescu Gillian, Tredoux Colin