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This volume brings together a group of highly respected researchers to discuss psychological perspectives on political ideology, polarization, and how to bridge partisan divides both within and outside social psychology. The first theme explores current psychological models explaining political polarization with a particular emphasis on the moral roots of political ideology. The second considers potential means of reducing ideological conflict, while also addressing the possibility of ideological bias within psychology. It provide fresh perspectives on how to solve unproductive political discourse, widely considered to be one of the greatest ills in politics in the US and many other nations.

This volume brings together a group of highly respected researchers to discuss psychological perspectives on political ideology, polarization, and how to bridge partisan divides both within and outside social psychology. The first theme explores current psychological models explaining political polarization with a particular emphasis on the moral roots of political ideology. The second considers potential means of reducing ideological conflict, while also addressing the possibility of ideological bias within psychology. It provide fresh perspectives on how to solve unproductive political discourse, widely considered to be one of the greatest ills in politics in the US and many other nations.

Scholars in many of the disciplines surrounding politics explicitly utilize either a narrative perspective or a metaphor perspective (though rarely the two in combination) to analyze issues -- theoretical and practical, domestic and international -- in the broad field of politics. Among the topics they have studied are: competing metaphors for the state or nation which have been coined over the centuries in diverse cultures; the frequency with which communal and international conflicts are generated, at least in part, by the clashing religious and historical narratives held by opposing groups; the cognitive short-cuts employing metaphor by which citizens make sense of politics; the need for political candidates to project a convincing self-narrative; the extent to which the metaphors used to formulate social issues determine the policies which will be developed to resolve them; the failure of narratives around the security of the nation to take account of the individual experiences of women and children. This volume is the first in which eminent scholars from disciplines as diverse as social psychology, anthropology, political theory, international relations, feminist political science, and media studies, have sought to integrate the narrative and the metaphor perspectives on politics. It will appeal to any scholar interested in the many ways in which narrative and metaphor function in combination as cognitive and rhetorical instruments in discourse around politics.

This volume brings together a team of eminent scholars from a wide range of disciplines -- including social psychology, political science and international relations -- to document the current thinking on the many ways in which narrative and metaphor function as cognitive and rhetorical instruments in discourse around politics and to explore the potential for the two perspectives to be employed more often in combination. It focuses particularly on the prevalence of dysfunctional political narratives and metaphors and the potential for them to be critiqued and effectively amended.

Provides a comprehensive, research-based analysis of the content, ethics, and impact of expert testimony. This book features leading scholars who have contributed to the scientific foundation for this testimony and who have also served as expert witnesses. It evaluates the scientific foundation for testimony.

The goal of this edited volume is to present the practical applications suggested by research in non-verbal communication, as well as to highlight the limitations-noting where we simply do not yet know enough to safely and fully inform practice.

This volume incorporates perspectives on: evaluation as a transdiscipline; results oriented management; empowerment, fourth generation, inclusive, and theory-driven evaluation; cultural competency in evaluation; and frameworks for integrating diverse visions for evaluation.

Provides a comprehensive, research-based analysis of the content, ethics, and impact of expert testimony. This book features leading scholars who have contributed to the scientific foundation for this testimony and who have also served as expert witnesses. It evaluates the scientific foundation for testimony.

This volume incorporates perspectives on: evaluation as a transdiscipline; results oriented management; empowerment, fourth generation, inclusive, and theory-driven evaluation; cultural competency in evaluation; and frameworks for integrating diverse visions for evaluation.

This book is intended to be a resource for students, a guide for future researchers, and a call to concerned citizens to use this wealth of information to guide their own efforts to mitigate the pernicious effects of stigma in their daily lives.

An outgrowth of the annual meeting of the Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology, this volume focuses on examples of social change and the processes at work in creating change. It represents a product of the participants' cumulative insight, research results and perspectives.

The goal of this edited volume is to present the practical applications suggested by research in non-verbal communication, as well as to highlight the limitations-noting where we simply do not yet know enough to safely and fully inform practice.

This edited volume features contributions from the leaders in the field on methods for reducing prejudice and discrimination. Written for scholars and researchers interested in the field and as a possible supplement for under and grad level courses.

The contributors focus on a set of questions about ways to reduce intergroup conflict, prejudice and discrimination. They summarize their own research as well as others, interpret the conclusions and make extrapolations concerning the practical methods used in programmes aimed at reducing conflict.