The Cambridge Handbook of Political Psychology

Description

The Cambridge Handbook of Political Psychology provides a comprehensive review of the psychology of political behaviour from an international perspective. Its coverage spans from foundational approaches to political psychology, including the evolutionary, personality and developmental roots of political attitudes, to contemporary challenges to governance, including populism, hate speech, conspiracy beliefs, inequality, climate change and cyberterrorism. Each chapter features cutting-edge research from internationally renowned scholars who offer their unique insights into how people think, feel and act in different political contexts. By taking a distinctively international approach, this handbook highlights the nuances of political behaviour across cultures and geographical regions, as well as the truisms of political psychology that transcend context. Academics, graduate students and practitioners alike, as well as those generally interested in politics and human behaviour, will benefit from this definitive overview of how people shape – and are shaped by – their political environment in a rapidly changing twenty-first century. 04_0_pp_v_vi_Dedication 05_0_pp_vii_x_Contents 06_0_pp_xi_xi_Figures 07_0_pp_xii_xii_Tables 08_0_pp_xiii_xvi_Contributors I Foundations_of_Political_Psychology 09_1_pp_3_21_Political_Psychology 09_2_pp_22_36_The_Evolutionary_Basis_of_Political_Ideology 09_3_pp_37_49_Genetic_Contributions_to_Political_Phenomena 09_4_pp_50_67_The_Psychology_and_Neuroscience_of_Partisanship 09_5_pp_68_88_The_Personality_Basis_of_Political_Preferences 09_6_pp_89_103_The_Structure_Prevalence_and_Nature_of_Mass_Belief_Systems 09_7_pp_104_117_The_Psychology_of_Public_Opinion 09_8_pp_118_138_Rational_Choice_and_Information_Processing 09_9_pp_139_158_Emotions_and_Politics 09_10_pp_159_174_The_Developmental_Science_of_Politics II The_Politics_of_Intergroup_Attitudes 10_1_pp_177_197_Authoritarianism 10_2_pp_198_213_A_Political_Psychology_of_Ethnocentrism 10_3_pp_214_227_Collective_Narcissism 10_4_pp_228_242_Demographic_Change_White_Decline_and_the_Changing_Nature_of_Racial_Politics_in_Election_Campaigns 10_5_pp_243_257_Macro-diversity_and_Intergroup_Attitudes 10_6_pp_258_271_The_Persistence_of_Gender_in_Campaigns_and_Elections 10_7_pp_272_283_The_Politics_of_Abortion_Pregnancy_and_Motherhood 10_8_pp_284_297_Religiosity_and_Openness_to_Authoritarian_Governance 10_9_pp_298_310_The_Consequences_of_Moral_Conviction_in_Politics 10_10_pp_311_328_The_Political_Psychology_of_National_Identity 10_11_pp_329_345_The_Political_Dynamics_of_Immigration_Opinion_Worldwide 10_12_pp_346_360_International_and_Individual_Differences_in_Support_for_Human_Rights III Contemporary_Challenges_to_Democracy 11_1_pp_363_381_The_Political_Psychology_of_Inequality 11_2_pp_382_398_How_Social_Class_Influences_Political_Choices 11_3_pp_399_413_Fear_and_Loathing_in_American_Politics 11_4_pp_414_428_Political_Extremism 11_5_pp_429_441_The_Politics_of_Hate 11_6_pp_442_457_Populism 11_7_pp_458_475_A_Cultural_Theory_of_Autocracy-vs-Democracy 11_8_pp_476_491_Psychological_Theories_Meet_the_Challenge_of_Persuading_and_Mobilising_Voters 11_9_pp_492_507_Collective_Action_for_Social_Change 11_10_pp_508_525_Opinion_Formation_and_Polarisation_in_the_News_Feed_Era 11_11_pp_526_545_Conspiracy_Theory_Belief_and_Conspiratorial_Thinking 11_12_pp_546_564_Political_Psychology_and_the_Climate_Crisis 11_13_pp_565_581_The_Political_Psychology_of_Cyberterrorism 11_14_pp_582_598_Reconciliation_in_the_Aftermath_of_Collective_Violence IV Diversifying_Perspectives_in_Political_Psychology 12_1_pp_601_623_Political_Psychology_in_the_Global_South 12_2_pp_624_639_Political_Psychology_in_the_Arab_Region 12_3_pp_640_655_Critical_Perspectives_in_Political_Psychology 12_4_pp_656_673_Rethinking_Group_Dynamics 12_5_pp_674_686_Two_Sides_of_the_Same_Coin 13_0_pp_687_690_Index