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The dangers of prejudice reduction interventions: Empirical evidence from encounters between Jews and Arabs in Israel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2012

Ifat Maoz
Ifat Maoz*
Affiliation:
Department of Communication, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 91905, Israel. msifat@mscc.huji.ac.il
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Abstract

This commentary focuses on Dixon et al.'s discussion on the dangers of employing prejudice-reduction interventions that seek to promote intergroup harmony in historically unequal societies. Specifically, it illustrates these dangers by discussing my work in Israel (now mentioned in Dixon et al.'s note 6) on the processes and practices through which reconciliation-aimed encounters between Jews and Arabs mitigate sociopolitical change.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 35 , Issue 6 , December 2012 , pp. 441 - 442
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012 

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