Social Psychology Arena

Revitalizing Political Psychology

The Legacy of Harold D. Lasswell

• By William Ascher, and Barbara Hirschfelder-Ascher.

Published January 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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Attitudes and Attitude Change

• Edited by William D. Crano, and Radmila Prislin.

Published May 2008

This volume assembles a distinguished group of international scholars whose chapters on classic and emerging issues in research on attitudes provide an excellent introduction for advanced undergraduates and graduate students. The book’s chapters cover all of the most critical features of attitude…
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Economic Voting

• Edited by Han Dorussen, and Michaell Taylor.

Published October 2007

Economic voting is a phenomenon that political scientists and economists can hardly overlook. There is ample evidence for a strong link between economic conditions and government popularity. However, not everything is that simple and this edited collection focuses on 'the comparative puzzle' of…
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Do Political Campaigns Matter?

Campaign Effects in Elections and Referendums

• Edited by David M. Farrell, and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck.

Published April 2006

This book, in bringing together some of the leading international scholars on electoral behaviour and communication studies, provides the first ever stock-take of the state of this sub-discipline. The individual chapters present the most recent studies on campaign effects in North America, Europe…
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Border Crossings

Cultural Workers and the Politics of Education

• By Henry A. Giroux, and Henry A. Giroux.

Published May 2005

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