Minority understandings of the dynamics to intergroup contact encounters: British Muslims' (sometimes ambivalent) experiences of representing their group to others

South African Journal of Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 679-701

  Hopkins, Nick ^a   Greenwood, Ronni Michelle ^a   Birchall, Maisha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acting as a group representative; British muslims; Intergroup contact; Islam; Minority perspectives; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 38449117307     PISSN: 00812463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/008124630703700402     Document Type: Article

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