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With a list of contributors that reads like a "Who's Who" of political psychology, this comprehensive volume introduces the major concepts, debates, and themes in the field and provides an overview of its intellectual development, its disparate parts, the major controversies and some suggestions for the future direction of the field.
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Political Psychology This Page Intentionally Left Blank Political Psychology Edited by Kristen Renwick Monroe University of California, Irvine 2002 L AW R E N C E E R L B A U M A S S O C I AT E S , P U B L I S H E R S Mahwah, New Jersey London Copyright © 2002 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by photostat, microWlm, retrieval system, or any other means, without prior written permission of the publisher. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Publishers 10 Industrial Avenue Mahwah, NJ 07430 Cover design by Kathryn Houghtaling Lacey Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Political psychology / edited by Kristen Renwick Monroe. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0–8058–3886–4 (cloth) — ISBN 0–8058–3887–2 (pbk.) 1. Political psychology. I. Monroe, Kristen R., 1946– JA74.5 .P634 2001 320'.01'9 — dc21 2001033185 Books published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates are printed on acid-free paper, and their bindings are chosen for strength and durability. Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Contents Political Psychology: An Overview Kristen R. Monroe 1 PA RT I . P O L I T I C A L P S Y C H O L O G Y: A N OV E RV I E W O F T H E F I E L D 1 What Is Political Psychology? Morton Deutsch and Catarina Kinnvall 15 2 Political Psychology as a Perspective in the Study of Politics Margaret G. Hermann 43 3 Political Psychology: Origins and Development Dana Ward 61 4 Psychological Political Science Versus Political Psychology True to Its Name: A Plea for Balance Jon A. Krosnick and Kathleen M. McGraw 79 5 Political Psychology: A Personal View George E. Marcus 95 6 Political Learning and Political Psychology: A Question of Norms Janice Gross Stein 107 v vi contents PA RT I I . P O L I T I C A L P S Y C H O L O G Y I N R E L AT I O N TO OT H E R F I E L D S 7 Lost in Plain Sight: The Cultural Foundations of Political Psychology Stanley A. Renshon 121 8 The Utility of Political Psychology Martha Crenshaw 141 9 From Social to Political Psychology: The Societal Approach Willem Doise and Christian Staerklé 151 10 The (Social) Psychological Legacy for Political Psychology Daniel Bar-Tal 173 11 Group Psychology Is the State of Nature C. Fred Alford 193 PA RT I I I . S P E C I A L A R E A S O F A P P L I C AT I O N 12 Institutional Organization of Choice Spaces: A Political Conception of Political Psychology Simon Jackman and Paul M. Sniderman 209 13 On-Line Versus Memory-Based Process Models of Political Evaluation Howard Lavine 225 14 Long-Term Psychological Consequences of Political Events David O. Sears 249 15 Crossing the Methodological and Disciplinary Divide: Political Stability, Political Change, and Research Method Leonie Huddy 271 16 Signaling and Perception: Drawing Inferences and Projecting Images Robert Jervis 293 contents vii PA RT I V. F O C U S O N T H E F U T U R