The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Social Psychology / edited by Brendan Gough.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gough, Brendan, Editor.

Series:

Palgrave Handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Personality.

Difference (Psychology).

Critical psychology.

Sex.

Philosophy of mind.

Self.

Social sciences--Philosophy.

Social sciences.

Social psychology.

Personality and Differential Psychology.

Critical Psychology.

Gender Studies.

Philosophy of the Self.

Social Theory.

Social Psychology.

Local Subjects:

Personality and Differential Psychology.

Critical Psychology.

Gender Studies.

Philosophy of the Self.

Social Theory.

Social Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XXIX, 651 p. 2 illus.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2017.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.

Summary:

This handbook is the first to bring together the latest theory and research on critical approaches to social psychological challenges. Edited by a leading authority in the field, this volume further establishes critical social psychology as a discipline of study, distinct from mainstream social psychology. The handbook explains how critical approaches to social processes and phenomena are essential to fully understanding them, and covers the main research topics in basic and applied social psychology, including social cognition, identity and social relations, alongside overviews of the main theories and methodologies that underpin critical approaches. This volume features a range of leading authors working on key social psychological issues, and highlights a commitment to a social psychology which shuns psychologisation, reductionism and neutrality. It provides invaluable insight into many of the most pressing and distressing issues we face in modern society, including the migrant and refugee crises affecting Europe; the devaluing of black lives in the USA; and the poverty, ill-health, and poor mental well-being that has resulted from ever-increasing austerity efforts in the UK. Including sections on critical perspectives, critical methodologies, and critical applications, this volume also focuses on issues within social cognition, self and identity. This one-stop handbook is an indispensable resource for a range of academics, students and researchers in the fields of psychology and sociology, and particularly those with an interest in social identity, power relations, and critical interventions.

Contents:

PART I. Introduction

Chapter 1. Critical Social Psychologies: Mapping the Terrain; Brendan Gough

PART II. Critical Perspectives

Chapter 2. Feminisms, Psychologies, and the Study of Social Life; Eva Magnusson & Jean Marecek

Chapter 3. Marxism as a Foundation for Critical Social Psychology; Michael Arfken

Chapter 4. Social Constructionism; Viv Burr & Penny Dick

Chapter 5. The Radical Implications of Psychoanalysis for a Critical Social Psychology; Tom Goodwin

Chapter 6. Queer Theory; Damien Riggs & Gareth Treharne

Chapter 7. Critical Race Studies in Psychology; Phia S. Salter & Andrea D. Haugen

Chapter 8. Psychology of Liberation Revised (A Critique of Critique); Maritza Montero

PART III. Critical Methodologies

Chapter 9. Phenomenology; Darren Langdridge

Chapter 10. Narrative Social Psychology; Michael Murray

Chapter 11. Discourse Analysis; Martha Augoustinos

Chapter 12. Psychosocial Research; Stephanie Taylor

Chapter 13. Innovations in Qualitative Methods;Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke & Debra Gray

PART IV. Rethinking Social Cognition

Chapter 14. Attitudes and Attributions; Andy MacKinlay & Chris McVittie

Chapter 15. Social Influence; Stephen Gibson & Cordet Smart

Chapter 16. Prejudice; Keith Tuffin

Chapter 17. Prosocial Behaviour; Irene Bruna Seu

Chapter 18. Relationships: From Social Cognition to Critical Social; Simon Watts

PART V. Social Identities/Relations/Conflicts

Chapter 19. The Self; Chris McVittie & Andy MacKinlay

Chapter 20. Gender; Sarah Riley & Adrienne Evans

Chapter 21. Sexual Identities and Practices; Majella McFadden

Chapter 22. Critical Approaches to Race; Simon Goodman

Chapter 23. Towards a Critical Social Psychology of Social Class; Katy Day, Bridgette Rickett & Maxine Woolhouse

Chapter 24. Critical Disability Studies; Dan Goodley, Rebecca Lawthom, Kirsty Liddiard & Katherine Runswick-Cole

Chapter 25. Intersectionality: An Underused but Essential Theoretical Framework for Social Psychology; Lisa Bowleg

PART VI. Critical Applications

Chapter 26. Critical Health Psychology; Antonia C. Lyons & Kerry Chamberlain

Chapter 27. Critical Clinical Psychology; Steven Coles & Aisling Mannion

Chapter 28. Educational Psychology in (times of) Crisis: Psycho-Politics and the Goovernance of Poverty; China Mills

Chapter 29. Critical Organisational Psychology; Matthew McDonald & David Bubna-Litic

Chapter 30. Environment: Critical Social Psychology in the Anthropocene; Matthew Adams.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

ISBN:

9781786846808

1786846802

9781137510181

1137510188