Political psychology : key readings / edited by John T. Jost, Jim Sidanius. - New York : Psychology Press, 2004. - xiii, 497 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Key readings in social psychology .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The poly-psy relationship: three phases of a long affair / The authoritarian personality and the organization of attitudes / Threat and authoritarianism in the United States: 1978-1987 / The other "authoritarian personality" / Can personality and politics be studied systemically? / Leader appeal, leader performance, and the motive profiles of leaders and followers: a study of American presidents and elections / Experimental demonstrations of the "not-so-minimal" consequences of television news programs / Altering the foundations of support for the president through priming / The nature of belief systems in mass publics / The origins and meaning of liberal/conservative self-identifications / Stanley Feldman -- The fear of equality / Cognitive style and political belief systems in the British House of Commons / Contrasting rational and psychological analysis of political choice / The drunkard's search / The social identity theory of intergroup behavior / The role of stereotyping in system justification and the production of false consciousness / Social dominance theory: a new synthesis / Group conflict, prejudice and the paradox of contemporary racial attitudes / Is it really racism? The origins of white Americans' opposition to race-targeted policies / Social organization for the production of evil / The psychology of political terrorism / Theoretical approaches to explaining collective political violence / Politicized collective identity / how to read a journal article in social psychology / William J. McGuire -- Roger Brown -- Richard M. Doty ... [et al.] -- Bob Altemeyer -- Fred I. Greenstein -- David G. Winter -- Shanto Iyengar ... [et al.] -- Jon A. Krosnick, Donald R. Kinder -- George E. Marcus, Michael B. MacKuen -- Philip E. Converse -- Pamela Johnston Conover, Robert E. Lane -- Philip E. Tetlock -- George A. Quattrone, Amos Tversky -- Robert Jervis -- Henri Taifel, John C. Turner -- John T. Jost, Mahzarin R. Banaji -- Jim Sidanius, Felicia Pratto -- Lawrence Bobo -- David O. Sears ... [et al.] -- John M. Darley -- Martha Crenshaw -- Harry Eckstein -- Bernd Simon, Bert Klandermans -- Christian H. Jordan, Mark P. Zanna. PART 1 : HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION -- PART 2 : PERSONALITY AND POLITICS -- A. AUTHORITARIANISM AND MASS PSYCHOLOGY -- B. POLITICAL ELITES AND LEADERSHIP -- PART 3 : MASS MEDIA AND CANDIDATE PERCEPTION -- Anxiety, enthusiasm, and the vote: the emotional underpinnings of learning and involvement during presidential campaigns / PART 4 : IDEOLOGY AND PUBLIC OPINION -- A. DOES IDEOLOGY EXIST? -- B. COGNITIVE STYLE AND IDEOLOGICAL FUNCTIONING -- PART 5 : CHALLENGES OF DECISION-MAKING -- PART 6 : PREJUDICE, DIVERSITY, AND SOCIAL CONTACT -- A. THEORIES OF INTERGROUP RELATIONS IN SOCIETY -- B. THE ENDURING PROBLEM OF RACISM -- PART 7 : CONFLICT, VIOLENCE, AND POLITICAL TRANSFORMATION -- A. THE SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF WRONGDOING AND HARM -- B. PROTEST AND REVOLUTION -- Appendix:

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Political psychology.
Politieke psychologie.

JA74.5 / .P781k 2004

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