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.
About the Author: Gillian Finchilescu is Chair of Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.?She obtained her D.Phil. from Oxford University. Her research interest is intergroup relations, with a recent focus on issues around intergroup contact and the reduction on intergroup hostility.
Colin Tredoux is Professor of Psychology at the University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa.?He obtained his Ph.D. degree in 1996, from UCT.?His interests in social psychology include the micro-ecology of contact, naturalistic study of intergroup contact, and classic contact theory.
