Thinking about Political Psychology [Hardcover]

A discussion and debate of the major issues facing the field of political psychology, first published in 2002.Some of the leading scholars in political psychology discuss and debate some of the major issues facing the field of political psychology. Scholars define the boundaries of the field, debate its relevance, consider whether the field is, methodologically, too individualistic, and consider whether the field can help scholars to understand collective public opinion.Some of the leading scholars in political psychology discuss and debate some of the major issues facing the field of political psychology. Scholars define the boundaries of the field, debate its relevance, consider whether the field is, methodologically, too individualistic, and consider whether the field can help scholars to understand collective public opinion.Leading scholars in political psychology discuss and debate major issues facing the field of political psychology. They define the boundaries of the field, debate its relevance, consider whether the field is too methodologically individualistic, and whether it can help scholars to understand collective public opinion.Introduction James H. Kuklinski; Part I. Defining Political Psychology: 1. The contours of political psychology: situating research on political information processing John L. Sullivan, Wendy M. Rahn and Thomas Rudolph; Part II. Theory and Research: 2. Who can persuade whom? Implications from the nexus of psychology and rational choice theory Arthur Lupia; 3. Expanding the envelope: citizenship, contextual methodologies, and comparative political psychology Pamela Johnston Conover and Donald D. Searing; 4. The challenges of political psychology: lessons to be learned from research on attitude perception Jon A. Krosnick; Part III. The Psychology-Political Nexus: 5. Political psychology and political science John L. Sullivan, Wendy M. Rahn and Thomas Rudolph; 6. Is political psychology sufficiently psychological? Distinguishing poll£Ã