Racial contact and change in South Africa

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 273-288

  Durrheim, Kevin ^a   Dixon, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; BLACK POPULATION; CULTURAL RELATIONS; RACIAL DISPARITY; RACIAL IDENTITY; SOCIAL CHANGE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77954206544     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2010.01645.x     Document Type: Article

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