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| Oxford Handbook of Political Psychology (Oxford Handbooks) | 
 enlarge | Creators: David O. Sears, Leonie Huddy, Robert Jervis
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Category: Book
List Price: $45.00
Buy New: $25.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 468196
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 832
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.1 x 2.1
ISBN: 019516220X
Dewey Decimal Number: 320.019
EAN: 9780195162202
ASIN: 019516220X
Publication Date: July 31, 2003
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Political psychology applies what is known about human psychology to the study of politics. It examines how, for example, people reach political decisions on topics such as voting, party identification, and political attitudes as well as how leaders mediate political conflicts and make foreign policy decisions.
The Oxford Handbook of Political Psychology gathers together a distinguished group of scholars from around the world to shed light on such questions as: how does personality affect leadership style? What are the origins of racial prejudice? How does violent communal conflict originate?
Focusing first on political psychology at the individual level (attitudes, values, decision-making, ideology, personality) and then moving to the collective (group identity, mass mobilization, political violence), this fully interdisciplinary volume covers models of the mass public and political elites and addresses both domestic issues and foreign policy.
Providing an up-to-date account of cutting-edge research within both psychology and political science, this is an essential reference for scholars and students interested in the intersection of the two fields.
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 The best starting point for those interested in political psychology February 22, 2006
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Up to now I perused through the pages and read on some hot topics that are discussed in the field of political psychology today.
My intention, as a Masters student in Social Psychology, is to see if this book serves as a good basis for a possible Ph.D later on, as the university in the Netherlands where I'm currently studying does not present a similar course. This well written book has served as a good source of inspiration on which one would want to delve further in this interesting field. If there is anyone out there with similar interests, I would strongly advise you to get hold of this book. On the surface it looks intimidating and hard to wrestle through, but is written very comprehensively and is an easy and (very) intersting read.
 basic readable reference July 31, 2003
11 out of 22 found this review helpful
This work is a self-conscious precis of the current professional norms of political psychology which loosely presents itself as applying what is best known in psychology to political science. In many ways political psychology puts a human face on social political processes that addresses motives as well as clusters of behavior needing explication that soft pedals reductive theory for more empirical observation quantified from many events and cultural circumstances. The essays in Handbook of Political Psychology serve to convey the general nature and range of the subject while also being a guide to the central issues and studies in the field. It belongs in every political science library.
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