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Political Psychology: Situations, Individuals, and Cases, 3rd edition, provides a concise, readable, and organized introduction to the topic of political psychology by examining this very question. The new edition is completely revised and contains updated material on foreign policy decision-making, electoral choice and more.
List of contents
Preface.
Part I: Introduction 1. Studying Political Psychology 2. Two Conceptual Schemes 3. A Brief History of the Discipline
Part II: Dispositionism 4. Behaviorism and Human Freedom 5. Obedience and Authoritarianism 6. Creating a 'Bad Barrel' 7. Group Decision-Making
Part III: Situationism 8. Psychobiography 9. Personality and Beliefs 10. Cognition 11. Affect and Emotion 12. Neuroscience, Biology and Genetics
Part IV: Bringing the Two Together 13. The Psychology of Electoral Choice 14. The Psychology of Political Communication, Persuasion, and the Mass Media 15. The Psychology of Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and 'Cults' 16. The Psychology of Terrorism 17. The Psychology of Racism and Political Intolerance 18. The Psychology of Foreign Policy and International Conflict
Part V: Conclusions 19. The Future of Political Psychology
About the author
David Patrick Houghton is a British-American academic and a retired Professor of National Security Affairs at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, RI. His other books include
The Decision Point (Oxford University Press, 2012),
A Citizen's Guide to American Foreign Policy (Routledge, 2013), and
U.S. Foreign Policy and the Iran Hostage Crisis (Cambridge University Press, 2001). He has also published academic articles in a wide array of outlets, including
Political Psychology, The British Journal of Political Science, Foreign Policy Analysis, Security Studies, and Terrorism and Political Violence.
