Social Psychology Arena

When Things Go Wrong

Foreign Policy Decision Making under Adverse Feedback

• Edited by Charles F. Hermann.

Published December 2011

What happens when a government begins a major foreign policy commitment and then later receives new information that it is failing? The question of how to deal with adverse feedback to high-stakes foreign policy speaks to a number of important, current scenarios in international relations. Indeed,…
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Politics in Organizations

Theory and Research Considerations

• Edited by Gerald R. Ferris, and Darren C. Treadway.

Published December 2011

This edited volume in the SIOP Frontiers series is one of the first to look at the psychological factors behind politics and power in organizations. Noted contributors from schools of management, psychology, sociology and political science look at the theory, research, methodology and…
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New Directions in Public Opinion

• Edited by Adam J. Berinsky.

Published August 2011

The field of public opinion is one of the most diverse in political science. Over the last 60 years, scholars have drawn upon the disciplines of psychology, economics, sociology, and even biology to learn how ordinary people come to understand the complicated business of politics. But much of the…
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Barack Obama and the Politics of Redemption

• By Stanley A. Renshon.

Published August 2011

Every new president raises many questions in the public mind. Because Barack Obama was a relative newcomer to the national political scene, he raised more questions than most. Would he prove to be a pragmatic centrist or would his politics of hope ultimately flounder on the rocky shoals of America’…
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Intergroup Conflicts and Their Resolution

A Social Psychological Perspective

• Edited by Daniel Bar-Tal.

Published December 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 major topics in social motivation. All contributors are…
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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

Shortlisted for the British Psychological Society Book Award 2011! Shortlisted for the CMI (Chartered Management Institute) Management Book of the Year Award 2011–2012! According to John Adair, the most important word in the leader's vocabulary is "we" and the least important word is "I". But…
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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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