Monday 16. December 2013

New special section of JSPP on Societal Change published

The Journal of Social and Political Psychology has published a special section on Societal Change

PsychOpen is proud to announce the latest special section on Societal Change of the Journal of Social and Political Psychology edited by Colin Wayne Leach, Leda Blackwood, and Andrew Livingstone.
Visit the journal's website to view the special section including the following original research reports:

Regarding Societal Change
by ELeda Blackwood, Andrew G. Livingstone, Colin Wayne Leach

"If Towards a 'Science of Movement': Identity, Authority and Influence in the Production of Social Stability and Social Change
by Stephen Reicher, S. Alexander Haslam

When Inequality Fails: Power, Group Dominance, and Societal Change
by Felicia Pratto, Andrew L. Stewart, Fouad Bou Zeineddine

From Correlation to Causation: The Cruciality of a Collectivity in the Context of Collective Action
by Jacquelien van Stekelenburg, Natasha C. Anikina, Wim T. J. L. Pouw, Igor Petrovic, Naomi Nederlof

Objectification, Self-Objectification, and Societal Change
by Eileen L. Zurbriggen

Increasing Intergroup Cooperation Toward Social Change by Restoring Advantaged and Disadvantaged Groups’ Positive Identities
by Nurit Shnabel, Johannes Ullrich

‘What’s So Funny ‘Bout Peace, Love and Understanding?’ Further Reflections on the Limits of Prejudice Reduction as a Model of Social Change
John Dixon, Kevin Durrheim, Philippa Kerr, Manuela Thomae

Dramatic Social Change: A Social Psychological Perspective
by Roxane de la Sablonnière, Laura French Bourgeois, Mariam Najih

Broadening the Scope of Societal Change Research: Psychological, Cultural, and Political Impacts of Development Aid
by Nina Hansen, Tom Postmes

“I Have a Dream”: A Typology of Social Change Goals
by Joseph Sweetman, Colin Wayne Leach, Russell Spears, Felicia Pratto, Rim Saab

The Role of the Media in the Construction of Public Belief and Social Change
by Catherine Happer, Greg Philo

A Complex Systems Approach to the Study of Ideology: Cognitive-Affective Structures and the Dynamics of Belief Systems
by Thomas Homer-Dixon, Jonathan Leader Maynard, Matto Mildenberger, Manjana Milkoreit, Steven J. Mock, Stephen Quilley, Tobias Schröder, Paul Thagard

Insights from Societal Psychology: The Contextual Politics of Change
by Caroline Howarth, Catherine Campbell, Flora Cornish, Bradley Franks, Lucia Garcia-Lorenzo, Alex Gillespie, Ilka Gleibs, Isabelle Gonvales-Portelinha, Sandra Jovchelovitch, Saadi Lahlou, Jenevieve Mannell, Tom Reader, Chris Tennant

(The Need for) A Model of Translational Mind Science Justice Research
by Phillip Atiba Goff, Avital Mentovich, Karin D. Martin