Intergroup Contact, Friendships and Prejudice Reduction in Multiethnic Schools and Communities

This edited collection addresses the important study of the conditions that support positive intergroup contact that leads to intergroup friendships and prejudice reduction through a multidisciplinary lens by employing Intergroup Contact Theory and Intergroup Friendships Theory

Autorentext

Alessandro Bergamaschi is Full Professor of Sociology and the director of the Centre de Recherche sur les Expertises, les Arts et les Transitions (UR CREAT n° 2024515X) at Lorraine University, France. He is also the principal coordinator of the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master MISEI (Master Internationale en Sciences de l'Education Inclusive).

Cinzia Pica is Full Professor of Human Services and the Director of the Women's Studies Program at Assumption University in Worcester, United States.

Inhalt

Foreword - The Policy Implications of the Contact Hypothesis: Interculturalism as a Strategy for Citizenship Making in Diverse Schools

Preface

1. Intergroup Contact, Friendships, and Prejudice: Epistemic and Theoretical Underpinnings for Dialogue Between Psychology and Sociology

2. Is the Contact Effect Related to Age? An Empirical Investigation of French Multilevel Data

3. The Interplay of Minority Group Members' Positive and Negative Intergroup Contact and its Implications for Intergroup Relations and Inequality

4. Intergroup Friendships and Prejudice: Longitudinal Mediation Effects in German School Children

5. Challenges and Opportunities: Intergroup Contact and the Reduction of Prejudice in Hostile Normative Context

6. Interreligious Friendships in Multicultural Italian Schools

7. Fostering Cross-Ethnic Friendship and Inclusion in Schools: Potential Avenues for Educational Programs

8. The Singularity of Physical Education in Creating Positive Intergroup Contacts in Multi-Ethnic Schools

9. Intergroup Contact, Friendships and Prejudice Reduction in Increasingly Culturally Diverse Communities and Institutions: Final Thoughts