The social psychology of politics / edited by Victor C. Ottati ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ottati, Victor C.

Series:

Social psychological applications to social issues ; v. 5.

Social psychological applications to social issues ; v. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political psychology.

Physical Description:

xvi, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum, [2002]

Summary:

Inspired by recent advances in the area of social psychology, researchers are rapidly developing realistic and detailed models of the psychological process that determines political judgements and behavior. Early attempts to merely predict political behavior have been replaced by an attempt to describe the actual process whereby individuals gather, interpret, exchange, and combine information to arrive at a political judgment or decision. This volume provides comprehensive coverage of this pioneering era of research in political psychology.

Contents:

Part I The Psychological Determinants of Candidate Evaluation

1. The Psychological Determinants of Candidate Evaluation and Voting Preference / Victor C. Ottati, Robert S. Wyer, Megan Deiger, David Houston 3

2. Gender Stereotyping and Candidate Evaluation: Good News and Bad News for Women Politicians / Leonie Huddy, Theresa Capelos 29

3. The Emotional Voter: Effects of Episodic Affective Reactions on Candidate Evaluation / Linda M. Isbell, Victor C. Ottati 55

4. Visual Cues and the Candidate Evaluation Process / Victor C. Ottati, Megan Deiger 75

5. Political Eloquence / Daniel C. O'Connell, Sabine Kowal 89

Part II Political Psychology and Public Policy

6. Psychological Determinants of Public Opinion / Linda J. Skitka, Elizabeth Mullen 107

7. The Role of Social Ideologies in Legitimizing Political Attitudes and Public Policy / Felicia Pratto, Christie Cathey 135

8. The Role of Science and Advocacy Regarding a Chronic Health Condition: The Case of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Leonard A. Jason, Renee R. Taylor, Judith A. Richman 157

Part III Collective Political Action: Intra- and Intergroup Perspective

9. Minority Influence and Political Interest Groups / Christine M. Smith, Polly J. Diven 175

10. The Psychology of Collective Political Protest / Dominic Abrams, Georgina Randsley de Moura 193

11. Procedural and Agenda Effects on Political Decisions by Small Groups / Tatsuya Kameda, Lorne Hulbert, R. Scott Tindale 215.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0306467232

OCLC:

49225537