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The two volumes of The Social Dimension present a comprehensive survey of the major developments in social psychology which took place in Europe during the very active 1970s and 1980s. They aim to capture the diversity and vitality of the discipline, stress the growing emphasis on fully social analyses of social psychological phenomena - hence 'the social dimension' - and to provide a valuable resource for researchers in the future. Although comprehensive in scope, the volumes are not written in the formal style of a reference handbook. Instead, the authors of the thirty-three chapters, drawn from more than a dozen mainly European countries and all experts in their own fields, were invited to present their own personal overviews of the issues in social psychology on which they were actively working. Both volumes are organized into three main Parts. Volume 1 is concerned with the social development of the child, interpersonal communication and relationships, and the social reality, group processes, and intergroup relations. This ambitious enterprise has produced a distinctive yet authoritative summary and evaluation of the growth points of social psychology in Europe which will interest and influence not only social psychologists but many readers from related disciplines.
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European studies in social psychology The social dimension Volume 2 European studies in social psychology Editorial Board: j . M. F. JASPARS, University of Oxford; WILLEM DOISE, Universite de Geneve; COLIN FRASER, University of Cambridge; SERGE MOSCOVICI, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales; KLAUS R. SCHERER, Justus-Liebig-Universitat Giessen; MARIO VON CRANACH, Universitat Bern. The series is jointly published by the Cambridge University Press and the Editions de la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, in close collaboration with the Laboratoire Europeen de Psychologie Sociale of the Maison, as part of the joint publishing agreement established in 1977 between the Fondation de la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme and the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press. It consists mainly of specially commissioned volumes on specific themes, particularly those linking work in social psychology with other disciplines. It will also include occasional volumes on 'Current issues'. Cette collection est publiee en co-edition par Cambridge University Press et les Editions de la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme en collaboration etroite avec le Laboratoire Europeen de Psychologie Sociale de la Maison. Elle s'integre dans le programme de co-edition etabli en 1977 par la Fondation de la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme et les Syndics de Cambridge University Press. Elle comprend essentiellement des ouvrages sur des themes specifiques permettant de mettre en rapport la psychologie sociale et d'autres disciplines, avec a l'occasion des volumes consacres a des 'recherches en cours'. Already published: The analysis of action: recent theoretical and empirical advances, edited by Mario von Cranach and Rom Harre Current issues in European social psychology, volume 1, edited by Willem Doise and Serge Moscovici Social interaction in individual development, edited by Willem Doise and Augusto Palmonari Advances in the social psychology of language, edited by Colin Fraser and Klaus R. Scherer Social representations, edited by Serge Moscovici and Robert Farr Social markers in speech, edited by Klaus R. Scherer and Howard Giles Social identity and intergroup relations, edited by Henri Tajfel The social dimension European developments in social psychology Volume 2 Edited by Henri Tajfel preparation for publication completed by Colin Fraser and Joseph M. F. Jaspars The right of the University of Cambridge to print and sell all manner of books was granted by Henry VIII in