A paradox of integration? Interracial contact, prejudice reduction, and perceptions of racial discrimination

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 401-416

  Dixon, John ^a   Durrheim, Kevin ^b   Tredoux, Colin ^c   Tropp, Linda ^d   Clack, Beverley ^a   Eaton, Liberty ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; RACIAL DISPARITY; RACIAL IDENTITY; RACISM; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CONFLICT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77954190718     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2010.01652.x     Document Type: Article

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