The Oxford Handbook of Political Psychology

Political psychology applies what is known about human psychology to the study of politics. It examines how, for example, 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. The Oxford Handbook of Political Psychology gathers together a distinguished group of scholars from around the world to shed light on such questions as: how does personality affect leadership style? What are the origins of racial prejudice? How does violent communal conflict originate? Focusing first on political psychology at the individual level (attitudes, values, decision-making, ideology, personality) and then moving to the collective (group identity, mass mobilization, political violence), this fully interdisciplinary volume covers models of the mass public and political elites and addresses both domestic issues and foreign policy. Providing an up-to-date account of cutting-edge research within both psychology and political science, this is an essential reference for scholars and students interested in the intersection of the two fields. Political 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 the individual level (attitudes, values, decision-making, ideology, personality) and then moving to the collective (group identity, mass mobilization, political violence), this fully interdisciplinary volume covers models of the mass public and political elites and addresses both domestic issues and foreign policy. Now with new chapters on authoritarianism, nationalism, status hierarchies, minority political identities, and several other topics along with substantially updated material to account for the recent cutting-edge research within both psychology and political science, this is an essential reference for scholars and students interested in the intersection of the two fields. Cover ......Page 1 Title Page......Page 4 Acknowledgments......Page 6 Contents......Page 8 Contributors ......Page 10 1. The Psychologies Underlying Political Psychology......Page 14 Theoretical Approaches......Page 28 2. Models of Decision-Making......Page 30 3. Childhood and Adult Political Development......Page 71 4. Personality and Political Behavior......Page 121 5. Evolutionaty Approaches to Political Psychology......Page 157 6. The Psychology of Emotion and Politics......Page 193 International Relations......Page 262 8. Political Psychology and Foreign Policy......Page 264 9. Image Theory and Strategic Interaction in InternationalRelations......Page 296 10. Conflict Analysis and Resolution......Page 326 Mass Political Behavior......Page 366 11. Communication and Politics in the Age of Information......Page 368 12. Political Impressions: Formation and Management......Page 405 13. Information Processing and Public Opinion......Page 444 14. Values, Ideology, and the Structure of Political Attitudes......Page 488 Intergroup Relations......Page 520 15. Group Identity and Political Cohesion......Page 522 16. Prejudice and Intergroup Hostility......Page 570 17. Theorizing Gender in Polirical Psychology Research......Page 612 Political Change......Page 646 18. Education and Democratic Citizenshipin a Changing World......Page 648 19. Collective Political Action......Page 681 20. Genocide, Mass Killing and Intractable Conflict: Roots, Evolution, Prevention, and Reconciliation......Page 721 Epilogue......Page 764 21. Rescuing Political Science from Itself......Page 766 Index ......Page 806 Focusing on political psychology at the individual level (genes, early childhood, personality, decision-making, emotions, values, ideology) and the collective (group identity, social justice, mass mobilization, political violence, prejudice reduction), this interdisciplinary volume covers models of the mass public and political elites and addresses both domestic issues and foreign policy. The volume provides an up-to-date, comprehensive, and expertly distilled account of cutting-edge research within both psychology and political science