Intergroup relations in post apartheid South Africa : change, and obstacles to change

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Intergroup relations in post apartheid South Africa : change, and obstacles to change

issue editors, Gillian Finchilescu and Colin Tredoux

(Journal of social issues, v. 66, no. 2)

Wiley Subscription Services, c2010

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This volume brings together research that has investigated change and obstacles to change in intergroup relations in South Africa. Reflects on theories of intergroup behavior that are current in the international literature. Highlights issues of interest when considering a transformation in which the formerly subordinate group becomes the politically dominant majority.

Table of Contents

OVERVIEW AND INTRODUCTION. 1 The Changing Landscape of Intergroup Relations in South Africa. CHANGES IN IDENTITIES AND ATTITUDES. 2. Emerging Patterns of Social Identification in Post apartheid South Africa. 3. Racial Reconciliation in South Africa: Interracial Contact and Changes over Time. 4. Racial Contact and Change in South Africa. MEDIATORS OF CONTACT. 5. Mediators of the Contact-Prejudice Relation amongst South African Students on Four University Campuses. 6. The Impact of Cross group Friendships in South Africa: Affective Mediators and Multigroup Comparisons. 7. Intergroup Anxiety in Interracial Interaction: The Role of Prejudice and Metastereotypes. CONTACT IN DESEGREGATED EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. 8. The Reconstitution of Privilege: Integration in Former White Schools in South Africa. 9. The Spaces between Us: A Spatial Analysis of Informal Segregation at a South African University. CHALLENGES FOR THE CONTACT HYPOTHESIS. 10. Contact Theory: Too Timid for "Race" and Racism. 11. A Paradox of Integration? Interracial Contact, Prejudice Reduction, and Perceptions of Racial Discrimination. AFTERWORD. Commentary: South African Contributions to the Study of Intergroup Relations.

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  • NCID
    BB04308701
  • ISBN
    • 9781444338188
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Hoboken, N.J.
  • Pages/Volumes
    p. 223-430
  • Size
    23 cm
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