„Policymakers and practictioners will likely find thedescriptions of the research accessible andmeaningful.“ (Analyses of Social Issues and PublicPolicy, 17 October 2013)„Each chapter in Improving Intergroup Relations isconcise and readable and reports on exciting research findings inthe field of intergroup relations.“ (PsycCRITIQUES, April 2009)
"Tom Pettigrew's research and writing has had a majorimpact on our understanding of prejudice, its causes and cures. This remarkable volume is both a tribute to Pettigrew'sinfluence and an extension of its reach. A must read for anyoneinterested in intergroup relations.„ Elliot Aronson, authorof The Social Animal, Nobody Left to Hate, andMistakes were Made (But Not By Me)“This remarkable book brings together the world's leadingscholars of intergroup relations to pay tribute to the seminal workof Thomas Pettigrew, and in so doing to derive essential lessonsfor academics, politicians, and the public in general.„
-Douglas S. Massey, Princeton University
“Tribute and treat, this exciting collection celebrates socialpsychologist Tom Pettigrew's great impact on ourunderstandings of prejudice, discrimination, and intergoup contact. Highly readable articles integrate well, offering a well-etchedportrait of Pettigrew's many contributions to research onracial emotions, intergroup adaptation, deprovincialization ofingroups, and context effects. Once expelled from school forstanding up to a bigoted teacher, Pettigrew'sscholar-activist commitments to eradicating racism have beeninfluential and equal to those of any social scientist of the lasthalf century."
-Joe R. Feagin, Texas A & M University