Table of Contents

Preface
List of Contributors
Introduction
The Global Challenge of Ethnic and Cultural Conflict by Yueh-Ting Lee, Fathali Moghaddam, Clark McCauley, and Stephen Worchel
Conceptual Issues in Contact between Ethnic and Cultural Groups
The Tragedy of the Commons Revisited: The Role of Kinship and Co-residence in the Establishment and Maintenance of Corporate In-Group Boundaries in Commons Dilemmas by Wayne Allen and Napoleon Chagnon
The Strange Career of the Contact Hypothesis by Dana Bramel
Ethnic Conflict and the Contact Hypothesis by Donald Forbes
Immigration and Ethnic Conflict in Comparative Perspective
Philip Yang, Stephanie Power, Luis Posas, and Seiji Takaku
Cultures in Conflict: Case Studies
Cultural Continuities beneath the Conflict between Radical Islam and
Pro-Western Forces: The Case of Iran by Fathali Moghaddam
Conflict, Identity, and Ethos: The Israeli-Palestinian Case by Neta Oren, Daniel Bar-Tal, and Ohad David
The Cultural Bases of Ethnocentrism: Comparing White Afrikaners and European New Zealanders by John Duckitt
Interethnic Relations in the Baltic States: Between Confrontation and Integration by Juris Draguns
The Ethnic and Cultural Processes of Zhong-Guo (China) as a Central Kingdom by Naran Bilik, Yueh-Ting Lee, Kan Shi, and Hanh Huy Phan
Perception and Interpretation of Terrorism, Justice and Conflict: Three Cultures and Two Sides of One Coin by Yueh-Ting Lee, Seiji Takaku, Victor Ottati, and Gonggu Yan
Prevention and Management of Cultural Conflict and Ethnic Violence
Intercultural Communication, Contact, and International Business Assignments by Richard W. Brislin and Joyce Liu
Preventing Ethnic Violence: The Role of Interdependence by Jack Levin and Gordana Rabrenovic
Why Does Violence Trump Peace-Building? Negativity Bias in Intergroup Relations by Clark McCauley and Joseph G. Bock
Some Unique Characteristics of Ethnic Conflict and Their Implications for Managing the Conflict by Stephen Worchel
Conclusion
Contact and Identity in Intergroup Relations by Clark McCauley, Stephen Worchel, Fathali Moghaddam, and Yueh-Ting Lee