Intergroup contact and post-colonial ideology: Outgroup contact ameliorates symbolic exclusion but not historical negation

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 506-517

  Sengupta, Nikhil K ^a   Barlow, Fiona Kate ^b   Sibley, Chris G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contact; Dark duo model of post colonial ideology; Historical negation; Ideology; Symbolic projection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861781451     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2011.12.011     Document Type: Article

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