The impact of a program of prejudice-reduction seminars in South Africa

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 586-613

  Alan McCool Jr , M ^a   Petty, Christopher R ^b   Toit, Fanie Du ^b,c   Mccauley, Clark ^d,e  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in Cape Town   (South Africa)

^d Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 33645287033     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-9029.2006.00020.x     Document Type: Review

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