Political Psychology Cultural and Crosscultural Foundations [Hardcover]

Relationships of culture and political psychology shape a wide range of important contemporary political issues. The distinguished contributors to this book make use of diverse theories of psychology, informed by a broadly comparable understanding of the nature of culture. The book is an important landmark in developing the field of political psychology, developing insights from psychological anthropologists, political scientists and crosscultural psychologists. Critical contemporary social, political and cultural issues of ethnic and crosscultural conflict around the world are crying out for theories making use of the powerful lens of culture along with other refractory frameworks.List of Tables and Figures Preface PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF CROSSCULTURAL POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY Cultural and Crosscultural Political Psychology: Revitalizing a Founding Tradition for a New Subfield ; S.A.Renshon & J.Duckitt The Elusive Concept of Culture and the Vivid Reality of Personality; L.Pye The Relevance of Culture for the Study of Political Psychology; M.H.Ross Taboo Trade Offs: Constitutive Prerequisites for Political and Social Life; A.P.Fiske & P.E.Tetlock Substance and Method in Cultural and Crosscultural Political Psychology; S.Renshon, J.Duckitt, M.H.Ross, O.Feldman, F.M.Moghaddam, G.DeVos, W.G.Stephen & K.Leung PART II: CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY, AND POLITICAL CONFLICT Culture, Personality, and Prejudice; J.Duckitt The Political Culture of State Authoritarianism; J.Meloen Conflict and Injustice in Intercultural Relations: Insights from the Arab-Israeli and Sino-British Disputes; K.Leung & W.G.Stephan Culture and Ethnic Conflict; M.H.Ross PART III: THE POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY CHANGE IN CULTURAL REGIONS The Political Unconscious: Stories and Politics in Two South American Cultures ; A.Johnson Cultural Nationalism and Beyond: Crosscultural Political Psychology in Japan; O.Feldman Change, Continuity, and Culture: The Case of Power Relations in Iran and Japan; F.M.Mogaddam &lÃR