The political psychology of democratic citizenship [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Eugene Borgida, Christopher M. Federico, John L. Sullivan

• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (401 p.)
• Disciplina: 323.601
• Soggetto topico: Citizenship - United States - Psychological aspects; Citizenship - Psychological aspects; Political psychology
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: BorgidaEugene FedericoChristopher M <1972-> (Christopher Michael) SullivanJohn L <1945-> (John Lawrence)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Tableof Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Contributors; 1 Introduction: Normative Conceptions of Democratic Citizenship and Evolving Empirical Research; I: CIVIC KNOWLEDGE; 2 The Psychology of Civic Learning; 3 What Knowledge Is of Most Worth?; II: PERSUASION PROCESSES AND INTERVENTIONS IN CONTEMPORARY DEMOCRACIES; 4 Shallow Cues With Deep Effects: Trait Judgments From Faces and Voting Decisions; 5 Strategic Politicians, Emotional Citizens, and the Rhetoric of Prediction; 6 The Role of Persuasion Strategies in Motivating Individual and Collective Action; III: GROUP IDENTITY ; 7 Social Identity and Citizenship in a Pluralistic Society8 The Politics of Recognition: A Social Psychological Perspective; IV: HATE CRIMES AND TOLERANCE; 9 Diverging Ideological Viewpoints on Pathways to More Harmonious Intergroup Relations; 10 Tolerance and the Contact Hypothesis: A Field Experiment; 11 Racial Stereotyping and Political Attitudes: The View From Political Science; V: TECHNOLOGY AND MASS MEDIA; 12 Collective Identity and the Mass Media; 13 Social Identity and Representations of Society and Politics in the News; VI: COMMENTARIES ; 14 Experimental Social Psychology, Broader Contexts, and the Politics of Multiculturalism15 Political Psychology: The Promise of (and Impediments to) Synergistic Interdisciplinary Scholarship; 16 What Has Political Psychology to Offer Regarding Democratic Citizenship?; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: While scholars in political science, social psychology, and mass communications have made notable contributions to understanding democratic citizenship, they concentrate on very different dimensions of citizenship. The current volume challenges this fragmentary pattern of inquiry, and adopts an interdisciplinary approach to the analysis of citizenship that offers new insights and integrates previously disparate research agendas. It also suggests the possibility of informed interventions aimed at meeting new challenges faced by citizens in modern democracies. The volume is organized around f
• Titolo autorizzato: The political psychology of democratic citizenship
• ISBN: 0-19-971488-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465174903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Series in political psychology.