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Understanding peace and conflict through social identity theory : contemporary global perspectives / Shelley McKeown, Reeshma Haji, Neil Ferguson, Editors.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Peace psychology book seriesPublisher: Switzerland : Springer International Publishing, [2016]Description: 1 online resource ( 396 p.)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783319298696
  • 3319298690
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Understanding Peace and Conflict Through Social Identity Theory : Contemporary Global PerspectivesDDC classification:
  • 305 23
LOC classification:
  • HM753 .U53 2016
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Contents:
Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; Social Identity and Peace Psychology: An Introduction; Why Now? Why This Book?; Our Travel Itinerary; Part I: Theoretical and Contemporary Issues; Chapter 1: Social Identity Theory; Some Historical Context; Authoritarian Personality and the Frustration-Aggression Hypothesis; Realistic Conflict Theory; Categorisation and Discrimination: The Minimal Group Paradigm; Social Identity Theory; Intergroup Relations; Self-Categorisation; Social Identity Motivations; Social Norms, Influence, and Leadership; Differentiation Within Groups
Crowds and Protests Conclusion; References; Chapter 2: Towards a Clearer Understanding of Social Identity Theory's Self-Esteem Hypothesis; The Self-Esteem Hypothesis; Evidence for the Self-Esteem Hypothesis; Caveats of the Self-Esteem Hypothesis; A Dynamic Model of Collective Self-Esteem; A Reformulated Self-Esteem Hypothesis; Expanding the Self-Esteem Hypothesis to Other Identity Management Strategies; Summary and Directions for Future Research; References
Chapter 3: Between the Lines of Us and Them: Identity Threat, Anxious Uncertainty, and Reactive In-Group Affirmation: How Can Antisocial Outcomes be Prevented? Motives Behind Group Identification; Cognitive Motives of Identity; Affective Motives of Identity; Behavioural Motives of Identity; When the Self Becomes Blurred: Identity Threat, Anxious Uncertainty, and Reactive In-Group Affirmation; Anxiety-to-Approach Model of Threat and Defence; Evidence that Identity Threat Causes Anxious Uncertainty; Favouritism of In-Groups over Out-Groups as Approach-Oriented Defence Strategy
Identity Threat, Extremism, and Radicalisation Is there Another Way Out? Predicting Alternative Responses to Threat; Applying the Anxiety-to-Approach Model to Group-Based Defences; Path I: Perception of Threat; Path II: Dispositional Moderators of Threat-Related Outcomes; Self-Esteem; Need for Structure/Need for Closure; Path III: Salience of Prosocial Norms and Values; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: Identity and Acculturation Processes in Multicultural Societies; The Acculturation Process: Definitions and Theoretical Perspectives; Berry's Strategy Model (1990)
The Interactive Acculturation Model (IAM Bourhis et al., 1997); Concordance Model of Acculturation (CMA); Social Identification During Acculturation; Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: Tyranny and Leadership; On the Nature of Tyrannical Leadership; Leaders, Followers and Social Groups; The Social Identity Analysis of Leadership; Leadership and Democracy; The Tyrannical Consequences of Authoritarian Leadership; On the Acceptance of Tyrannical Leadership; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: Crowd Behaviour and Collective Action; Theories of Crowd Behaviour: From Impulse to Identity
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Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; Social Identity and Peace Psychology: An Introduction; Why Now? Why This Book?; Our Travel Itinerary; Part I: Theoretical and Contemporary Issues; Chapter 1: Social Identity Theory; Some Historical Context; Authoritarian Personality and the Frustration-Aggression Hypothesis; Realistic Conflict Theory; Categorisation and Discrimination: The Minimal Group Paradigm; Social Identity Theory; Intergroup Relations; Self-Categorisation; Social Identity Motivations; Social Norms, Influence, and Leadership; Differentiation Within Groups

Crowds and Protests Conclusion; References; Chapter 2: Towards a Clearer Understanding of Social Identity Theory's Self-Esteem Hypothesis; The Self-Esteem Hypothesis; Evidence for the Self-Esteem Hypothesis; Caveats of the Self-Esteem Hypothesis; A Dynamic Model of Collective Self-Esteem; A Reformulated Self-Esteem Hypothesis; Expanding the Self-Esteem Hypothesis to Other Identity Management Strategies; Summary and Directions for Future Research; References

Chapter 3: Between the Lines of Us and Them: Identity Threat, Anxious Uncertainty, and Reactive In-Group Affirmation: How Can Antisocial Outcomes be Prevented? Motives Behind Group Identification; Cognitive Motives of Identity; Affective Motives of Identity; Behavioural Motives of Identity; When the Self Becomes Blurred: Identity Threat, Anxious Uncertainty, and Reactive In-Group Affirmation; Anxiety-to-Approach Model of Threat and Defence; Evidence that Identity Threat Causes Anxious Uncertainty; Favouritism of In-Groups over Out-Groups as Approach-Oriented Defence Strategy

Identity Threat, Extremism, and Radicalisation Is there Another Way Out? Predicting Alternative Responses to Threat; Applying the Anxiety-to-Approach Model to Group-Based Defences; Path I: Perception of Threat; Path II: Dispositional Moderators of Threat-Related Outcomes; Self-Esteem; Need for Structure/Need for Closure; Path III: Salience of Prosocial Norms and Values; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: Identity and Acculturation Processes in Multicultural Societies; The Acculturation Process: Definitions and Theoretical Perspectives; Berry's Strategy Model (1990)

The Interactive Acculturation Model (IAM Bourhis et al., 1997); Concordance Model of Acculturation (CMA); Social Identification During Acculturation; Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: Tyranny and Leadership; On the Nature of Tyrannical Leadership; Leaders, Followers and Social Groups; The Social Identity Analysis of Leadership; Leadership and Democracy; The Tyrannical Consequences of Authoritarian Leadership; On the Acceptance of Tyrannical Leadership; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: Crowd Behaviour and Collective Action; Theories of Crowd Behaviour: From Impulse to Identity

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