How are group-based identities related to intergroup conflict? How do intergroup conflicts change people's identities? This book presents an interdisciplinary analysis of the issues involved in identity and conflict.

Part I. The Contribution of Individuals' Identities and the Collective Identities of Social Groups to Intergroup Conflict 1: Lee Jussim, Richard Ashmore, and David Wilder: Introduction: Social Identity and Intergroup Conflict 2: Marilynn B. Brewer: Ingroup Identification and Intergroup Conflict: When Does Ingroup Love Become Outgroup Hate? 3: Thomas Hylland Eriksen: Ethnic Identity, National Identity, and Intergroup Conflict: The Significance of Personal Experiences Part II. The Contribution of Ethnic and National Identities to Political Conflict in the United States 4: Jack Citrin, Cara Wong, and Brian Duff: The Meaning of American National Identity: Patterns of Ethnic Conflict and Consensus 5: Jack Sidanius and John R. Petrocik: Communal and National Identity in a Multiethnic State: A Comparison of Three Perspectives Part III. The Contribution of Social Identity to Violent Intergroup Conflict 6: Robert White: Social and Role Identities and Political Violence: Identity as a Window on Violence in Northern Ireland 7: Ervin Staub: Individual and Group Identities in Genocide and Mass Killing Part IV. The Role of Social Identity in Reducing Intergroup Conflict 8: Herbert C. Kelman: The Role of National Identity in Conflict Resolution: Experiences From the Israeli-Palestinian Problem-Solving Workshops 9: Richard D. Ashmore, Lee Jussim, David Wilder, and Jessica Heppen: Toward a Social Identity Framework for Intergroup Conflict Index of Subjects Index of Names