YUEH-TING LEE is Chairperson and Professor in the Department of Ethnic Studies at Minnesota State University.CLARK McCAULEY is a Senior Professor at Bryn Mawr College, as well as a faculty member and Co-Director of Solomon Asch's Center for Ethno-Political Conflict at the University of Pennsylvania.FATHALI MOGHADDAM is Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Psychology at Georgetown University.STEPHEN WORCHEL is Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Psychology at the University of Hawaii, Hilo.

• PrefaceList of ContributorsIntroductionThe Global Challenge of Ethnic and Cultural Conflict by Yueh-Ting Lee, Fathali Moghaddam, Clark McCauley, and Stephen WorchelConceptual Issues in Contact between Ethnic and Cultural GroupsThe Tragedy of the Commons Revisited: The Role of Kinship and Co-residencein the Establishment and Maintenance of Corporate In-Group Boundaries in Commons Dilemmas by Wayne Allen and Napoleon ChagnonThe Strange Career of the Contact Hypothesis by Dana BramelEthnic Conflict and the Contact Hypothesis by Donald ForbesImmigration and Ethnic Conflict in Comparative PerspectivePhilip Yang, Stephanie Power, Luis Posas, and Seiji TakakuCultures in Conflict: Case StudiesCultural Continuities beneath the Conflict between Radical Islam andPro-Western Forces: The Case of Iran by Fathali MoghaddamConflict, Identity, and Ethos: The Israeli-Palestinian Case by Neta Oren, Daniel Bar-Tal, and Ohad DavidThe Cultural Bases of Ethnocentrism: Comparing White Afrikaners and European New Zealanders by John DuckittInterethnic Relations in the Baltic States: Between Confrontation and Integration by Juris DragunsThe Ethnic and Cultural Processes of Zhong-Guo (China) as a Central Kingdom by Naran Bilik, Yueh-Ting Lee, Kan Shi, and Hanh Huy PhanPerception 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 YanPrevention and Management of Cultural Conflict and Ethnic ViolenceIntercultural Communication, Contact, and International Business Assignments by Richard W. Brislin and Joyce LiuPreventing Ethnic Violence: The Role of Interdependence by Jack Levin and Gordana RabrenovicWhy Does Violence Trump Peace-Building? Negativity Bias in Intergroup Relations by Clark McCauley and Joseph G. BockSome Unique Characteristics of Ethnic Conflict and Their Implications for Managing the Conflict by Stephen WorchelConclusionContact and Identity in Intergroup Relations by Clark McCauley, Stephen Worchel, Fathali Moghaddam, and Yueh-Ting Lee