Seeing Us in Them - Social Divisions and the Politics of Group Empathy

Social Divisions and the Politics of Group Empathy. Politics, social theory, history of ideas, American government, politics, policy, Comparative politics

List of contents

1. The Puzzle: Empathy for Outgroups amid Existential Threats and Ingroup Interests; 2. Group Empathy Theory; 3. Measuring Group Empathy: The Group Empathy Index; 4. An Origin Story: Socializing Group Empathy via Life Experiences; 5. Group Empathy and Homeland Security: The Case of Flying While Arab; 6. Group Empathy and the Politics of Immigration; 7. Group Empathy and Foreign Policy; 8. Group Empathy in the Trump Era; 9. Group Empathy, Brexit, and Public Opinion in the UK; 10. Cultivating Group Empathy and Challenging Ethno-Nationalist Politics.

About the author

Cigdem V. Sirin is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Texas at El Paso. Her research interests center on examining the microfoundations of interstate and intrastate conflict processes and outcomes.Nicholas A. Valentino is Professor of Political Science and Research Professor in the Center for Political Studies at the University of Michigan. He studies political campaigns, racial attitudes, emotions, and social group cues in political communication.José D. Villalobos is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Texas at El Paso. His research examines public opinion and policy making dynamics in the areas of the US presidency, race and ethnicity, and immigration.

Summary

Offering a new approach to intergroup conflict and cooperation, this book reveals outgroup empathy as a powerful predisposition in politics. It is for scholars and students of public opinion, political behavior, political psychology, racial and ethnic politics, and comparative politics.

Product details

• Authors: Cigdem V Sirin, Cigdem V. Sirin, Cigdem V. (University of Texas Sirin, Nicholas A Valentino, Nicholas A. Valentino, José D Villalobos, José D. Villalobos
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781108495844
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49584-4
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Public Opinion and Political Psychology; Cambridge Studies in Public Op
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, Social, group or collective psychology, Comparative Politics, History of the Americas, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity