A research-based guide to political psychology that is filled with critical arguments from noted experts, Political Psychology: A Social Psychological Approach is solidly grounded in empirical research. The text puts the emphasis on alternative approaches to psychological enquiry that challenge our traditional assumptions about the world. With contributions from an international panel of experts, it contains a meaningful exchange of ideas that draw on the disciplines of social psychology, sociology, history, media studies, and philosophy. Comprehensive in scope, this important text provides a historical context to the subject and offers a critical history of common research methods. The contributors offer insight on political thought in psychology, the politics of psychological language, narrating as political action, political decision-making, and much more. This important text:

• Offers contributions from a panel of international experts on the topic
• Includes a review of some political ideas associated with the work of Karl Marx, Erich Fromm, R.D. Laing, Michel Foucault, and others
• Presents information on prejudice, stereotypes, and discrimination in the context of mass migration