Ethnic Prejudice in East and West Germany: The Explanatory Power of Intergroup Contact

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 22-36

  Wagner, Ulrich ^a   van Dick, Rolf ^b   Pettigrew, Thomas F ^c   Christ, Oliver ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

East West Germany; intergroup contact; prejudice

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542564192     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430203006001010     Document Type: Article

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