A Social-Psychological Approach to Postconflict Reconciliation

The Social Psychology of Intergroup Reconciliation

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Riek, Blake M ^a   Gaertner, Samuel L ^b   Dovidio, John F ^c   Brewer, Marilynn B ^d   Mania, Eric W ^b   Lamoreaux, Marika J ^b  

^a CALVIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Decategorization; Intergroup conflict; Intergroup relations; Reconciliation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920441280     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195300314.003.0012     Document Type: Chapter

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