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