Research on intergroup contact has grown exponentially over the past decade. Such
research has typically extolled the benefits of positive interaction between members of …

Interculturalism is a new concept for managing community relations in a world defined by
globalization and'superdiversity'. This book argues that as countries become more diverse a …

Although prominent political agendas have placed a great deal of importance on building
trust in postconflict areas, there has been a lack of empirical research on its role in areas of …

Although prejudice researchers have mainly focused their attention on changing attitudes
toward outgroups, other outcome variables may also be important. In post-conflict …

Cross-group friendships (the most effective form of direct contact) and extended contact (ie,
knowing ingroup members who have outgroup friends) constitute two of the most important …

Although one of the most severe forms of bias all over Europe, anti-Roma prejudice has
been neglected within social psychology. We argue that anti-Roma attitudes need to be …

An experiment examined the effects of imagining contact with an illegal immigrant on
attitudes towards illegal immigrants and subsequent effects of that attitude change on …

Intergroup contact theory is enjoying a renaissance; positive contact does reduce intergroup
prejudice, but intergroup contact has generally been studied in relatively benign settings …

During intractable conflicts,“competitive victimhood” refers to the subjective belief that one's
own ingroup has suffered more than the outgroup. Although competitive victimhood is …

THE WORLD IS BECOMING a more diverse place, with the mix of groups in some localities
so pronounced that it has been termed 'super-diversity'(Vertovec, 2007). Can these different …