Ethnic Conflict: Commerce, Culture, and the Contact Hypothesis
- ISBN-10
- 0300068190
- ISBN-13
- 9780300068191
- Series
- Ethnic Conflict
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 291
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997-01-01
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Author
- Hugh Donald Forbes
Description
Drawing on studies of the contact hypothesis - the assumption that increased contact between different ethnic groups reduces friction - this text provides a review of the theory and considers the scientific research that maintains contact between such groups can give rise to more intense conflict.
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