The contributors to this volume examine social processes in terms of minority influence. This alternative perspective will be of interest not only to social and community psychologists, but also to political scientists concerned to understand how beliefs or behaviours are modified.

The volume is organised into two broadly based but interconnected parts. Part I analyses the process of influence itself, while Part II sets it within the context of groups. The influence of minorities is thus located within the cognitive and social field in which interaction between minorities and majorities occurs.