Social and psychological bases of ideology and system justification / / edited by John T. Jost, Aaron C. Kay, Hulda Thorisdottir

• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (548 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.97301
• Soggetto topico: Ideology - Political aspects - United States; Political psychology; Religion and politics - United States; Political culture - United States; Right and left (Political science) - United States; Public opinion - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government 2001-2009
• Altri autori: JostJohn T KayAaron C ThorisdottirHulda
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Table of Contents; Foreword: Why Political Psychology Is Important; Contributors; I. INTRODUCTION; 1 On the Social and Psychological Bases of Ideology and System Justification; II. IDEOLOGY AND AUTOMATICITY; 2 American Moral Exceptionalism; 3 On the Automaticity of Nationalist Ideology: The Case of the USA; III. THE PSYCHOLOGICAL POWER OF THE STATUS QUO; 4 A Psychological Advantage for the Status Quo; 5 Belief in a Just World, Perceived Fairness, and Justification of the Status Quo; 6 Disentangling Reasons and Rationalizations: Exploring Perceived Fairness in Hypothetical Societies ; 7 A Contextual Analysis of the System Justification Motive and Its Societal ConsequencesIV. EPISTEMIC AND EXISTENTIAL MOTIVES; 8 The Social Psychology of Uncertainty Management and System Justification; 9 Political Ideology in the 21st Century: A Terror Management Perspective on Maintenance and Change of the Status Quo; 10 No Atheists in Foxholes: Motivated Reasoning and Religious Belief; V. PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; 11 Motivated Social Cognition and Ideology: Is Attention to Elite Discourse a Prerequisite for Epistemically Motivated Political Affinities? ; 12 A Dual Process Motivational Model of Ideological Attitudes and System Justification13 Statewide Differences in Personality Predict Voting Patterns in 1996-2004 U.S. Presidential Elections; VI. PERSPECTIVES ON JUSTICE AND MORALITY; 14 Procedural Justice and System-Justifying Motivations; 15 Planet of the Durkheimians, Where Community, Authority, and Sacredness Are Foundations of Morality; 16 Ideology of the Good Old Days: Exaggerated Perceptions of Moral Decline and Conservative Politics; VII. IMPLICATIONS FOR SELF, GROUP, AND SOCIETY ; 17 Group Status and Feelings of Personal Entitlement: The Roles of Social Comparison and System-Justifying Beliefs18 Ambivalent Sexism at Home and at Work: How Attitudes Toward Women in Relationships Foster Exclusion in the Public Sphere; 19 Acknowledging and Redressing Historical Injustices; 20 The Politics of Intergroup Attitudes; Name 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; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W
• Sommario/riassunto: This new volume on Social and Psychological Bases of Ideology and System Justification brings together several of the most prominent social and political psychologists who are responsible for the resurgence of interest in the study of ideology, broadly defined. Leading scientists and scholars from several related disciplines, including psychology, sociology, political science, law, and organizational behavior present their cutting-edge theorizing and research. Topics include the social, personality, cognitive and motivational antecedents and consequences of adopting liberal versus conservative
• Titolo autorizzato: Social and psychological bases of ideology and system justification
• ISBN: 0-19-029570-8; 1-282-05361-2; 9786612053610; 0-19-971760-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827964903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Series in political psychology.