The authors of Social Identifications set out to make accessible to students of social psychology the social identity approach developed by Henri Tajfel, John Turner, and their colleagues in Bristol during the 1970s and 1980s. Michael Hogg and Dominic Abrams give a comprehensive and readable account of social identity theory as well as setting it in the context of other approaches and perspectives in the psychology of intergroup relations. They look at the way people derive their identity from the social groups to which they belong, and the consequences for their feelings, thoughts, and behaviour of psychologically belonging to a group. They go on to examine the relationship between the individual and society in the context of a discussion of discrimination, stereotyping and intergroup relations, conformity and social influence, cohesiveness and intragoup solidariy, language and ethnic group relations, and collective behaviour. Social Identifications fills a gap in the literature available to students of social psychology. The authors' presentation of social identity theory in a complete and integrated form and the extensive references and suggestions for further reading they provide will make this an essential source book for social psychologists and other social scientists looking at group behaviour.

迈克尔·A·豪格（Mictlael A.Hogg），现任克莱蒙研究大学行为与组织科学学院社会心理学教授。同时，他也是《实验社会心理学期刊》的副主编。他与本书的另一位作者阿布拉姆斯共同创办了《群体过程与群际关系期刊》，并任该刊物的编辑。

多米尼克·阿布拉姆斯（Dominic Abrams），现任肯特大学社会心理学系教授，群体过程研究中心主任，英国心理学会研究委员会主席，实验社会心理学欧洲协会执行委员。