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Klappentext A discussion and debate of the major issues facing the field of political psychology, first published in 2002. Zusammenfassung Some of the leading scholars in political psychology discuss and debate some of the major issues in the field. Scholars define the boundaries of the field! debate its relevance! consider whether the field is! methodologically! too individualistic and consider whether the field can help scholars to understand collective public opinion. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction James H. Kuklinski; Part I. Defining Political Psychology: 1. The contours of political psychology: situating research on political information processing John L. Sullivan, Wendy M. Rahn and Thomas Rudolph; Part II. Theory and Research: 2. Who can persuade whom? Implications from the nexus of psychology and rational choice theory Arthur Lupia; 3. Expanding the envelope: citizenship, contextual methodologies, and comparative political psychology Pamela Johnston Conover and Donald D. Searing; 4. The challenges of political psychology: lessons to be learned from research on attitude perception Jon A. Krosnick; Part III. The Psychology-Political Nexus: 5. Political psychology and political science John L. Sullivan, Wendy M. Rahn and Thomas Rudolph; 6. Is political psychology sufficiently psychological? Distinguishing political psychology from psychological political science Jon A. Krosnick; 7. Political psychology, political behavior, and politics: questions of aggregation, causal distance, and taste Robert C. Luskin; Part IV. Political Psychology and Aggregate Opinion: 8. The micro foundations of mood James A. Stimson; 9. From denial to extenuation (and finally beyond): political sophistication and citizen performance Robert C. Luskin; 10. Political psychology and the micro-macro gap in politics.