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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jost, John T.

Kay, Aaron C.

Thorisdottir, Hulda.

Series:

Series in political psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Right and left (Political science).

Ideology--Political aspects.

Ideology.

United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.

United States.

Politics and government.

Ideology--Political aspects--United States.

Political psychology.

Religion and politics--United States.

Religion and politics.

Political culture--United States.

Political culture.

Right and left (Political science)--United States.

Public opinion--United States.

Public opinion.

Physical Description:

xvii, 529 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Contents:

I Introduction

1 On the Social and Psychological Bases of Ideology and System Justification / Hulda Thorisdottir, John T. Jost, Aaron C. Kay 3

II Ideology and Automaticity

2 American Moral Exceptionalism / Eric Luis Uhlmann, T. Andrew Poehlman, John A. Bargh 27

3 On the Automaticity of Nationalist Ideology: The Case of the USA / Melissa J. Ferguson, Travis J. Carter, Ran R. Hassin 53

III The Psychological Power of the Status Quo

4 A Psychological Advantage for the Status Quo / Scott Eidelman, Christian S. Crandall 85

5 Belief in a Just World, Perceived Fairness, and Justification of the Status Quo / Carolyn L. Hafer, Becky L. Choma 107

6 Disentangling Reasons and Rationalizations: Exploring Perceived Fairness in Hypothetical Societies / Gregory Mitchell, Philip E. Tetlock 126

7 A Contextual Analysis of the System Justification Motive and Its Societal Consequences / Aaron C. Kay, Mark P. Zanna 158

IV Epistemic and Existential Motives

8 The Social Psychology of Uncertainty Management and System Justification / Kees van den Bos 185

9 Political Ideology in the 21st Century: A Terror Management Perspective on Maintenance and Change of the Status Quo / Jacqueline Anson, Tom Pyszczynski, Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg 210

10 No Atheists in Foxholes: Motivated Reasoning and Religious / Belief Robb Willer 241

V Personality and Individual Differences

11 Motivated Social Cognition and Ideology: Is Attention to Elite Discourse a Prerequisite for Epistemically Motivated Political Affinities? / Christopher M. Federico, Paul Goren 267

12 A Dual Process Motivational Model of Ideological Attitudes and System Justification / John Duckitt, Chris G. Sibley 292

13 Statewide Differences in Personality Predict Voting Patterns in 1996-2004 U.S. Presidential Elections / Peter J. Rentfrow, John T. Jost, Samuel D. Gosling, Jeffrey Potter 314

VI Perspectives on Justice and Morality

14 Procedural Justice and System-Justifying Motivations / Irina Feygina, Tom R. Tyler 351

15 Planet of the Durkheimians, Where Community, Authority, and Sacredness Are Foundations of Morality / Jonathan Haidt, Jesse Graham 371

16 Ideology of the Good Old Days: Exaggerated Perceptions of Moral Decline and Conservative Politics / Richard P. Eibach, Lisa K. Libby 402

VII Implications for Self, Group, and Society

17 Group Status and Feelings of Personal Entitlement: The Roles of Social Comparison and System-Justifying Beliefs / Laurie T. O'Brien, Brenda Major 427

18 Ambivalent Sexism at Home and at Work: How Attitudes Toward Women in Relationships Foster Exclusion in the Public Sphere / Mina Cikara, Tiane L. Lee, Susan T. Fiske, Peter Glick 444

19 Acknowledging and Redressing Historical Injustices / Katherine B. Starzyk, Craig W. Blatz, Michael Ross 463

20 The Politics of Intergroup Attitudes / Brian A. Nosek, Mahzarin R. Benaji, John T. Jost 480.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780195320916

0195320913

OCLC:

229467429