Power, Politics, and Paranoia

Why People Are Suspicious of Their Leaders
Herausgeber: Lange, Paul A. M. Van; Prooijen, Jan-Willem Van

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Produktbeschreibung

Why are people frequently suspicious of their political and corporate leaders? This book examines the psychological roots of political paranoia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 646g
• ISBN-13: 9781107035805
• ISBN-10: 1107035805
• Artikelnr.: 40902849

Inhaltsangabe

1. Power, politics, and paranoia: an introduction Jan-Willem van Prooijen
and Paul A. M. van Lange; Part I. Power: 2. The effects of power on
immorality Joris Lammers and Ilja van Beest; 3. Do we give power to the
right people? When and how norm violators rise to the top Eftychia Stamkou
and Gerben van Kleef; 4. The leaders' rosy halo: why do we give
powerholders the benefit of the doubt? Pamela K. Smith and Jennifer R.
Overbeck; 5. 'Power corrupts' revisited: the role of construal of power as
opportunity or responsibility Kai Sassenberg, Naomi Ellemers, Daan
Scheepers and Annika Scholl; Part II. Politics: 6. Never trust a
politician? Collective distrust, relational accountability, and voter
response Susan T. Fiske and Federica Durante; 7. Political distrust: the
seed and fruit of popular empowerment Fouad Bou Zeineddine and Felicia
Pratto; 8. All power to our great leader: political leadership under
uncertainty John J. Haller and Michael A. Hogg; 9. Those who supported and
voted for Berlusconi. A social-psychological profile of the willing
followers of a controversial political leader Antonio Chirumbolo and Luigi
Leone; 10. A growing confidence gap in politics? Data versus discourse Rudy
B. Andeweg; Part III. Paranoia: 11. Misconnecting the dots: origins and
dynamics of outgroup paranoia Roderick M. Kramer and Jennifer Schaffer; 12.
Political paranoia and conspiracy theories Viren Swami and Adrian Furnham;
13. The social dimension of belief in conspiracy theories Jan-Willem van
Prooijen and Paul A. M. van Lange; 14. Examining the monological nature of
conspiracy theories Robbie M. Sutton and Karen M. Douglas; 15. The role of
paranoia in a dual-process motivational model of conspiracy belief Marc
Wilson and Chelsea Rose; 16. Searching for the root of all evil: an
existential-sociological perspective on political enemyship and
scapegoating Daniel Sullivan, Mark J. Landau, Zachary K. Rothschild and
Lucas A. Keefer.