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Book SynopsisPolitical psychology applies what is known about human psychology to the study of politics. It examines how people reach political decisions on topics such as voting, party identification, and political attitudes as well as how leaders mediate political conflicts and make foreign policy decisions. In this updated third edition of The Oxford Handbook of Political Psychology, Leonie Huddy, David O. Sears, Jack S. Levy, and Jennifer Jerit have gathered together an international group of distinguished scholars to provide an up-to-date account of key topics and areas of research in the field. Chapter authors draw on theory and research on biopsychology, neuroscience, personality, psychopathology, evolutionary psychology, social psychology, developmental psychology, cognitive psychology, and intergroup relations. Some chapters address the political psychology of political elites, while other chapters deal with the dynamics of mass political behavior. Focusing first on political psychology at
Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction: Theoretical Foundations of Political Psychology Leonie Huddy, David O. Sears, Jack S. Levy, and Jennifer Jerit PART I: THEORETICAL APPROACHES Chapter 2: Personality Approaches to Political Behavior Bert N. Bakker Chapter 3: Childhood and Adult Political Development David O. Sears and Christia Brown Chapter 4: Rational Choice as an Empirical and Normative Model of Political Behavior Dennis Chong Chapter 5: Political Decision-Making Richard R. Lau and David P. Redlawsk Chapter 6: Emotion and Political Psychology Ted Brader and Shana Gadarian Chapter 7: The Evolutionarily Approach to Political Psychology Michael Bang Petersen Chapter 8: Biology and Politics Jaime Settle and Laurel Detert Chapter 9: Political Language Nick Hopkins PART II: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Chapter 10: Foreign Policy Decision-Making: The Psychological Dimension Jack S. Levy Chapter 11: Perceiving Threat: Cognition, Emotion, and Judgment Janice Gross Stein Chapter 12: Signaling, Resolve, and Reputation in International Politics Don Casler and Keren Yarhi-Milo Chapter 13: Public Opinion about Foreign Policy Joshua D. Kertzer Chapter 14: The Political Psychology of Terrorism Keren L.G. Snider, Ryan Shandler, Sharon Matzkin, and Daphna Canetti PART III: MASS POLITICAL BEHAVIOR Chapter 15: Information Processing Jennifer Jerit and Cindy D. Kam Chapter 16: Political Communication Dannagal G. Young and Joanne M. Miller Chapter 17: The Psychological and Social Foundations of Ideological Belief Systems Christopher M. Federico and Ariel Malka Chapter 18: Morality as the Enduring Basis of Public Opinion Pazit Ben-Nun Bloom Chapter 19: The Political Psychology of Gender Monica C. Schneider and Angela L. Bos Chapter 20: Authoritarianism and Political Conflict Stanley Feldman and Christopher Weber Chapter 21: National Identity, Patriotism, and Nationalism Leonie Huddy Chapter 22: The Social Identity Approach to Leadership Frank Mols, A. Alexander Haslam, Michael J. Platow, Stephen D. Reicher, and Niklas K. Steffens PART IV: INTERGROUP RELATIONS Chapter 23: Group-Based Hierarchies of Power and Status Maureen A. Craig and L. Taylor Phillips Chapter 24: Political Identities Lilliana Mason Chapter 25: The Gaze From Below: Toward a Political Psychology of Minority Status Efrén O. Pérez and Bianca V. Vicuña Chapter 26: Social Movements and the Dynamics of Collective Action Jacquelien van Stekelenburg and Teodora Gaidyte Chapter 27: Prejudice and Politics Donald R. Kinder Chapter 28: Migration and Multiculturalism Eva G. T. Green and Christian Staerklé Chapter 29: Prejudice Reduction and Social Change: Dual Goals to be Pursued in Tandem Linda R. Tropp and Trisha A. Dehrone Chapter 30: Emotional Processes in Intractable Conflicts Smadar Cohen-Chen and Eran Halperin Index
