Author:Dixon, John; Tredoux, Colin; Clack, BeverleyDate:2005This article provides a general background to this special focus section of the journal on ‘racial interaction and isolation in everyday life’. It reviews both the geographic literature on segregation and the psychological literature on the ...Read more
Author:Schrieff, Leigh; Tredoux, Colin; Dixon, John; Finchilescu, GillianDate:2005Social psychologists have long been interested in the effects of ‘contact’ between racial groups. The conditions under which this contact can manifest have usually been experimentally manipulated in order to determine optimal combinations. A ...Read more
Author:Tredoux, Colin; Dixon, John; Underwood, Stephen; Nunez, David; Finchilescu, GillianDate:2005Recent approaches to the study of intergroup contact have emphasised the need for naturalistic studies and the importance of paying attention to the spatiality of contact. In this article it is argued that it is important to preserve both ...Read more