Psychology and Politics: A Social Identity Perspective by Alexa Ispas

By Alexa Ispas

What makes us divide the area into ‘us’ and ‘them’? How do we exert social effect over others? while does a relaxed protest develop into a insurrection? Why are a few politicians heroes someday and villains the subsequent? the place will we locate the assets to withstand authoritarian regimes?



Taking those questions as a kick off point, the publication examines political behavior from a social id standpoint. Supported by means of over twenty years of empirical examine, this attitude distinguishes among our own identification, that is conventional once we examine ourselves as members, and our social id, which involves the fore once we think about ourselves as participants of teams. The social identification standpoint argues that our political behaviour is essentially ruled by means of our social id, and discusses the results this has for politics, really for social effect, crowd occasions, management, and authoritarian regimes.



Accessible and interesting, the content material covers quite a lot of political issues, corresponding to the best way categorizing ourselves into teams impacts how we understand the social international, the results of categorization for social impact, the improvement of crowd occasions, the dynamics of management, and the mechanisms underlying obedience below authoritarian regimes. The e-book will attract complicated undergraduate and postgraduate scholars throughout a variety of disciplines, in addition to to political activists and leaders.

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