‘What’s so funny ‘bout peace, love and understanding?' Further reflections on the limits of prejudice reduction as a model of social change

Journal of Social and Political Psychology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 239-252

  Dixon, John ^a   Durrheim, Kevin ^b   Kerr, Philippa ^b   Thomae, Manuela ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Intergroup relations; Prejudice; Prejudice reduction; Social change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939570823     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21953325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5964/jspp.v1i1.234     Document Type: Article

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