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Introduction to Political Psychology explores the many
psychological patterns that influence individual political
behavior. The authors introduce readers to a broad range of
theories, concepts, and case studies of political activity, arguing
that individuals are driven or motivated to act in accordance with
personality characteristics, values, beliefs, and attachments to
groups. The book explains many aspects of political
behavior-whether seemingly pathological actions or normal
decision-making practices, which sometimes work optimally, and
sometimes fail. Thoroughly updated throughout, the book examines
patterns of political behavior in areas including leadership, group
behavior, voting, race, nationalism, terrorism, and war. This
edition features coverage of the 2016 election and profiles former
U.S. President Donald Trump, while also including updated data on
race relations and extremist groups in the United States. Global
issues are also considered, with case studies focused on Myanmar
and Syria, alongside coverage of social issues including Black
Lives Matter and the #MeToo movement. Accessibly written and
comprehensive in scope, it is an essential companion for all
graduate and upper-level undergraduate students of psychology,
political science, and political psychology. It will also be of
interest to those in the policy-making community, especially those
looking to learn more about the extent to which perceptions,
personality, and group dynamics affect the policy-making arena. It
is accompanied by a set of online instructor resources.
Introduction to Political Psychology explores the many
psychological patterns that influence individual political
behavior. The authors introduce readers to a broad range of
theories, concepts, and case studies of political activity, arguing
that individuals are driven or motivated to act in accordance with
personality characteristics, values, beliefs, and attachments to
groups. The book explains many aspects of political
behavior-whether seemingly pathological actions or normal
decision-making practices, which sometimes work optimally, and
sometimes fail. Thoroughly updated throughout, the book examines
patterns of political behavior in areas including leadership, group
behavior, voting, race, nationalism, terrorism, and war. This
edition features coverage of the 2016 election and profiles former
U.S. President Donald Trump, while also including updated data on
race relations and extremist groups in the United States. Global
issues are also considered, with case studies focused on Myanmar
and Syria, alongside coverage of social issues including Black
Lives Matter and the #MeToo movement. Accessibly written and
comprehensive in scope, it is an essential companion for all
graduate and upper-level undergraduate students of psychology,
political science, and political psychology. It will also be of
interest to those in the policy-making community, especially those
looking to learn more about the extent to which perceptions,
personality, and group dynamics affect the policy-making arena. It
is accompanied by a set of online instructor resources.
Few would argue that presidential policies and performance would
have been the same whether John F. Kennedy or Richard Nixon became
president in 1960, or if Jimmy Carter instead of Ronald Reagan had
won the White House in 1980. Indeed, in recent elections, the
character, prior policy experience, or personalities of candidates
have played an increasing role in our assessments of their "fit"
for the Oval Office. Further, these same characteristics are often
used to explain an administration's success or failure in policy
making. Obviously, who the president is -- and what he is like --
matters.
This book, a new approach to the study of the personal
presidency, links the characteristics of six modern American
presidents -- their personalities and their prior policy-making
experience -- to their leadership styles, advisory arrangements,
and decision making in the White House. Thomas Preston uses M. G.
Hermann's Personality Assessment-at-a-Distance (PAD) profiling
technique, as well as exhaustive archival research and interviews
with former advisors, to develop a leadership style typology. He
then compares his model's expectations against the actual policy
record of six past presidents, using foreign policy episodes: Korea
(1950) for Truman, Dien Bien Phu (1954) for Eisenhower, Cuba (1962)
for Kennedy, Vietnam (1967-68) for Johnson, the Gulf War (1990-91)
for Bush, and North Korea/Haiti/Bosnia (1994-95) for Clinton.
Contemporary societies are increasingly crisis-prone, and crises
have profound implications for the rapidly changing political,
economic, and social landscape. Crises pose major challenges to
governments, communities, leaders, and organizations. The Oxford
Encyclopedia of Crisis Analysis provides a comprehensive overview
of the rapidly emerging and evolving field of crisis studies and
explores its connection to several relevant neighboring fields of
knowledge. Crises are complex, unfold in diverse political and
socio-technical contexts, and must be studied and understood from
multiple angles and disciplinary perspectives. This Encyclopedia
brings together contributions by experts from political science,
public administration, management, international relations, public
health, sociology, economics, media and mass communications, the
law, and many other fields to explore important theoretical,
methodological, empirical, and practical issues related to crisis
and crisis management. Articles focus on concepts (crisis as well
as closely related concepts such as emergency, disaster,
resilience, security etc.), contingencies (natural hazards, major
accidents, pandemics, terrorism, social and political conflict
among many others), historical and contemporary cases, classic and
cutting edge research methods, different "phases" of the
crisis/emergency management cycle, as well as documenting a wide
range of pitfalls and good practices that can help to forewarn and
forearm current and future crisis managers. The 84 essays in this
Encyclopedia fall into six main categories: Theory, Concepts,
Metatheory and Methodology, Crisis Governance and Regional
Perspectives, Bridging Gaps, and Cases & the Evolving
Socio-Technical Context. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Crisis Analysis
is a key reference for anyone involved in the study, research, or
practice of crisis and emergency analysis and management.
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