Minority group members' theories of intergroup contact: A case study of British Muslims' conceptualizations of 'Islamophobia' and social change

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 245-264

  Hopkins, Nick ^a   Kahani Hopkins, Vered ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEAR; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

FEAR; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; ISLAM; MINORITY GROUPS; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 33746045638     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466605X48583     Document Type: Review

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