Intergroup contact and attitudes toward the principle and practice of racial equality

Psychological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 867-872

  Dixon, John ^a,d   Durrheim, Kevin ^b   Tredoux, Colin ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAUCASIAN; CIVIL RIGHTS; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; NEGRO; PERCEPTION; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE; CIVIL RIGHTS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 34748924200     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01993.x     Document Type: Article

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