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.

邁剋爾·A·豪格（Mictlael A.Hogg），現任剋萊濛研究大學行為與組織科學學院社會心理學教授。同時，他也是《實驗社會心理學期刊》的副主編。他與本書的另一位作者阿布拉姆斯共同創辦瞭《群體過程與群際關係期刊》，並任該刊物的編輯。

多米尼剋·阿布拉姆斯（Dominic Abrams），現任肯特大學社會心理學係教授，群體過程研究中心主任，英國心理學會研究委員會主席，實驗社會心理學歐洲協會執行委員。