Political Psychology

Understanding how humans manage power and govern themselves is one of the key issues in social psychology. This volume, written by many of the field's most influential researchers, surveys the latest theoretical and empirical work on the social psychology of politics. It integrates the role of cogni..

This volume brings together a group of highly respected researchers to discuss psychological perspectives on political ideology, polarization, and how to bridge partisan divides both within and outside social psychology. The first theme explores current psychological models explaining political pola..

This book presents theoretically ambitious and empirically grounded research on the multiplicity of children and young people’s everyday political agencies in various locations including Sri Lanka, Palestine, Sweden, New Zealand, the US, and the UK._x005F_x000D_ This book was originally published as..

The Feeling, Thinking Citizen illustrates the centrality of Lodge’s work in constructing a psychologically plausible model of the democratic citizen...

The Feeling, Thinking Citizen illustrates the centrality of Lodge’s work in constructing a psychologically plausible model of the democratic citizen...

A multi-faceted and systematic research on Poles’ attitudes toward ethnic, religious, political, and sexual minorities.  Ewa A. Golebiowska challenges common misconceptions of Poland's intolerant, anti-Semitic, and homophobic characteristics by developing a ranking of influences on Poles’ tolerance...

A multi-faceted and systematic research on Poles’ attitudes toward ethnic, religious, political, and sexual minorities.  Ewa A. Golebiowska challenges common misconceptions of Poland's intolerant, anti-Semitic, and homophobic characteristics by developing a ranking of influences on Poles’ tolerance...

Written in an accessible and engaging style, the book examines a range of theoretical and practical issues that are central to the leadership process. These include the nature of group identity, the basis of authority and legitimacy, the dynamics of justice and fairness, the determinants of follower..

Why do some individuals from the imagined "non-West" view the "West" favorably and others do not? Grounded in psychological authoritarianism and the psychological reactions to experiences of rejection, Björn Goldstein provides a theoretical model to explain and predict attitude toward the "West."..

Contemporary social psychology helps us to understand the human motivation to create, share and receive conspiracy theories, and the implications of these shared beliefs. The Psychology of Conspiracy provides readers with a broad and unique social-psychological understanding of conspiracy theories a..

The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories presents an engaging introduction to the origins of widespread belief in conspiracy theories. Through a discussion of the history of conspiracy theories, the book debunks the myth that they are a modern phenomenon, exploring the broad contexts they can appear in..

This important book presents an overview of the processes involved in radicalization and terrorism, and introduces a systematic framework which captures the most crucial individual and social factors involved in determining these processes...