Political psychology : a social psychological approach / edited by Chris Hewer and Evanthia Lyons.

Includes index.

CHAPTER 1 Some Historical and Philosophical Considerations; CHAPTER 2 A Critical History of Research Methods; CHAPTER 3 From Alienation to Estrangement: Political Thought and Psychology; CHAPTER 4 The Politics of Psychological Language: Discourse and Rhetoric; CHAPTER 5 Identity. CHAPTER 6 Narrating as Political Action; CHAPTER 7 Connecting Social Exclusion and Agency: Social Class Matters; CHAPTER 8 Migration; CHAPTER 9 Political Decision‐Making; CHAPTER 10 Foreign Policy and Identity; CHAPTER 11 Social Memory and the Collective Past; CHAPTER 12 Crowds, Social Identities, and the Shaping of Everyday Social Relations; CHAPTER 13 State Militarism and International Conflict; CHAPTER 14 Social Influence and Malevolent Authority: Obedience Revisited; CHAPTER 15 Intergroup Conflict, Peace, and Reconciliation.

Political Psychology is solidly grounded in empirical research and critical arguments. The text puts the emphasis on alternative approaches to psychological enquiry that challenge our traditional assumptions about the world. With contributions from an international panel of experts, the text contains a meaningful exchange of ideas that draw on the disciplines of social psychology, sociology, history, media studies and philosophy. This important text offers a broader understanding of the different intellectual positions that academics may take towards political psychology. Comprehensive in scope Political Psychology provides a historical context to the subject and offers a critical history of common research methods. The contributors offer insight on political thought in psychology, the politics of psychological language, narrating as political action, political decision-making and much more.