Social Psychology Arena

Intergroup Conflicts and Their Resolution

A Social Psychological Perspective

• Edited by Daniel Bar-Tal.

Published October 2010

This book provides a framework that sheds an illuminating light into the psyche of people involved in macro-level destructive intergroup conflicts, involving societies and ethnic groups, that take place continuously in various parts of the globe. It focuses on the socio-psychological repertoire…
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Social Motivation

• Edited by David Dunning.

Published October 2010

Motivational science is one of the fastest-growing areas of research in social psychology, incorporating multiple perspectives from social-personality research. This volume provides students and researchers with a comprehensive overview of all the major topics in social motivation. All contributors…
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The New Psychology of Leadership

Identity, Influence and Power

• By S. Alexander Haslam, Stephen D. Reicher and Michael J. Platow.

Published September 2010

According to John Adair, the most important word in the leader's vocabulary is "we" and the least important word is "I". But if this is true, it raises one important question: Why do psychological analyses of leadership always focus on the leader as an individual — as the great "I"? One answer…
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Manipulating Democracy

Democratic Theory, Political Psychology, and Mass Media

• Edited by Wayne Le Cheminant, and John M. Parrish.

Published August 2010

Manipulation is a source of pervasive anxiety in contemporary American politics. Observers charge that manipulative practices in political advertising, media coverage, and public discourse have helped to produce an increasingly polarized political arena, an uninformed and apathetic electorate,…
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Revitalizing Political Psychology

The Legacy of Harold D. Lasswell

• By William Ascher, and Barbara Hirschfelder-Ascher.

Published April 2010

The goal of this book is to recapture the diminished roles of affect, psychological needs, and the psychodynamic mechanisms that are crucial for understanding political behavior by explaining and extending the contributions of Harold D. Lasswell, the dominant figure in political psychology in…
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Introduction to Political Psychology

2nd Edition

• By Martha L. Cottam, Beth Dietz-Uhler, Elena Mastors and Thomas Preston.

Published November 2009

This comprehensive, user-friendly introductory textbook to political psychology explores the psychological origins of political behavior. The authors introduce readers to a broad range of theories, concepts, and case studies of political activity to illustrate that behavior. The book examines many…
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The Psychology of Justice and Legitimacy

• Edited by D. Ramona Bobocel, Aaron C. Kay, Mark P. Zanna and James M. Olson.

Published October 2009

In response to the international turmoil, violence, and increasing ideological polarization, social psychological interest in the topics of legitimacy and social justice has blossomed considerably. Social psychologists have explored the psychological underpinnings of people’s reactions to injustice…
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National Security in the Obama Administration

Reassessing the Bush Doctrine

• By Stanley A. Renshon.

Published September 2009

The Bush Doctrine is dead! At least that’s what critics hope. But while new U.S. national security challenges emerge, many post-9/11 threats still persist and the policies of George W. Bush offer one set of strategic answers for how President Obama can confront those dangers. Neither a polemic nor…
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Psychology of Terrorism

Classic and Contemporary Insights

• Edited by Jeff Victoroff, and Arie W. Kruglanski.

Published March 2009

Substate terrorism now represents one of the gravest threats to human civilizations. As the frequency of interstate wars has declined since the end of the Second World War, terrible violence against innocent civilians is increasingly perpetrated by non-state groups with extreme agendas and…
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Political Psychology

Situations, Individuals, and Cases

• By David P. Houghton.

Published December 2008

What shapes political behavior more: the situations in which individuals find themselves, or the internal psychological makeup—beliefs, values, and so on—of those individuals? This is perhaps the leading division within the psychological study of politics today. This text provides a concise,…
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