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Reviews the book "Father Divine and the Struggle for Racial Equality," by Robert Weisbrot.

The article reviews the book "Intergroup Processes: A Micro Macro Perspective," by Hubert M. Blalock, Jr. and Paul H. Wilken.

The article focuses on the book "Intergroup Behaviour," edited by John C. Turner and Howard Giles. Intergroup is clearly used in a social psychological sense and is distinguished from intragroup relations. Intergroup relations is seen as relations between members of large-scale, social categories, such as nations, races, classes, sexes, religions, and occupation groups with at least 20 members. The author of the book identifies general themes like social identity, social group, social cognition, and individualism. It also discusses the interpersonal and intergroup behaviour and specifies the relationship between the two.

This review article investigates the state and development of overseas Chinese studies, in both its global and South African context. It points to the common difficulties related to research in this field and indicates how these have been addressed. It argues that only since the latter half of the twentieth century, both the reading population and publishers in South Africa, have become more receptive to the voice of the 'other'. While comparatively little work has been published on the Chinese in South Africa, the three major works that have appeared reflect on a little known but integral part of our multicultural society. A brief outline of the range of work done on this topic provides the context for a closer assessment of the most recently published sociological study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews the book "Becoming Neighbors in a Mexican American Community: Power, Conflict, and Solidarity," by Gilda L. Ochoa.

The article reviews the book "RACE, ETHNICITY AND POWER. A COMPARATIVE STUDY," by Donald G. Baker.

Reviews the book "Common Sense for Hard Times: The Power of the Powerless to Cope with Everyday Life and Transform Society in the Nineteen-Seventies," by Jeremy Brecher and Tim Costello.

Reviews the book "Theories of Intergroup Relations: International Social Psychological Perspectives," by Donald M. Taylor and Fatali M. Moghaddam.

Reviews the book "Racial and Ethnic Competition," by Michael Banton.

Reviews the book "Ethnic Dynamics: Patterns of Intergroup Relations in Various Societies," by Chester L. Hunt and Lewis Walker.