Political Psychology

Politics and psychology are defining cores of political psychology. Yet each alone, and both together, are deeply embedded in cultural contexts. Psychology surely permeates political life, but culture pervades both. Drawing on the strongest traditions and most compelling new theoretical developments, this volume brings together internationally distinguished psychologists, anthropologists and political scientists to build the foundation of a truly cultural and crosscultural political psychology. The book is divided into four parts: Foundations of Cultural and Crosscultural Political Psychology; Culture, Psychology and Political Conflict; The Political Psychology of Change in Cultural Regions; and Political Psychology and the Dilemmas of Multiculturalism. In the first part, contributors define the historical and conceptual bases of this new subfield. An innovative forum of expert views on critical methodological issues follows. In the second part, contributors explore the cultural bases of political conflict and ethnocentralism. In the third part, contributors examine political psychology and cultural change in South America, Japan, Iran and Eastern Europe. The final part focuses on the dilemmas of identity and diversity in multicultural societies.