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While scholars in political science, social psychology, and mass communications have made notable contributions to understanding democratic citizenship, they concentrate on very different dimensions of citizenship. The current volume challenges this fragmentary pattern...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2009-04-16
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This new volume on Social and Psychological Bases of Ideology and System Justification brings together several of the most prominent social and political psychologists who are responsible for the resurgence of interest in the study of ideology, broadly defined. Leading...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2009-03-11
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Combining empirical evidence with indices to measure mattering, Family Matters: The Importance of Mattering to Family in Adolescence explores the inverse relationship between mattering and dysfunctional behavior in adolescence. Defines mattering and distinguishes...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-02-17
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Culture and Mental Health takes a critical look at the research pertaining to common psychological disorders, examining how mental health can be studied from and vary according to different cultural perspectives. Introduces students to the main topics and issues in...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-02-11
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Positive psychology, the pursuit of understanding optimal human functioning, is reshaping the scholarly and public views of how we see the science of psychology. The Encyclopedia ofPositive Psychology provides a comprehensive and accessible summary of this growing area...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-02-11
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Changing Realities of Work and Family is an interdisciplinary volume that examines the multiple realities of work and family from academic, commercial, and political perspectives. The book Brings together works by an extraordinary list of contributors, including Jane...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-01-30
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Blackwell/Claremont Applied Social Psychology Series
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Written by an international team of renowned scholars, this volume addresses the multitude of factors that may lead to the deadly breakdown of ethnic relations. The book • Draws on real-world case studies, such as Rwanda, Sudan, and the Second Palestinian Intifada •...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-01-26
Collection :
Social Issues and Interventions
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The Science of Compassionate Love is an interdisciplinary volume that presents cutting-edge scholarship on the topics of altruism and compassionate love.The book Adopts a social science approach to understanding compassionate love Emphasizes positive features of...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-01-26
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A unique and creative textbook that introduces the 'discursive turn' to a new generation of students, Social Psychology and Discourse summarizes and evaluates the current state-of-the-art in social psychology. Using the explanatory framework found in typical texts, it...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-01-26
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Improving Intergroup Relations focuses on emerging research directions for improving intergroup relations, a field which has been largely influenced and inspired by the life contributions of Thomas F. Pettigrew. The book Contains 18 original articles written in an...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-01-26
Collection :
Social Issues and Interventions
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Written by an international team of renowned scholars, this volume addresses the multitude of factors that may lead to the deadly breakdown of ethnic relations. The book • Draws on real-world case studies, such as Rwanda, Sudan, and the Second Palestinian Intifada •...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-01-26
Collection :
Social Issues and Interventions
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Improving Intergroup Relations focuses on emerging research directions for improving intergroup relations, a field which has been largely influenced and inspired by the life contributions of Thomas F. Pettigrew. The book Contains 18 original articles written in an...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-01-26
Collection :
Social Issues and Interventions
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A unique and creative textbook that introduces the 'discursive turn' to a new generation of students, Social Psychology and Discourse summarizes and evaluates the current state-of-the-art in social psychology. Using the explanatory framework found in typical texts, it...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-01-26
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Malcolm Gladwell, bestselling author of Blink and The Bomber Mafia and host of the podcast Revisionist History, explores what sets high achievers apart—from Bill Gates to the Beatles—in this seminal work from "a singular...
Editeur :
Little, Brown and Company
Parution :
2008-11-18
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This book argues that a network interpretation of reputation advances our understanding of an essential and inescapable feature of social life and integrates many of its' varied facets. Reputation is a dispersed phenomenon that is to be found in the beliefs and...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2008-11-11
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Hundreds of thousands of children are forced or legally recruited combatants in no fewer than 70 warring parties across the world. In addition to these child soldiers, thousands of youth voluntarily participate in politically related conflict. Why, how, and in what...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2008-09-04
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The field of forensic psychology explores the intersection of psychology and the law.The purpose of this book is to examine topics in the field using the powerful, multidisciplinary, conceptually integrated approach that the natural sciences have embraced for decades...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2008-08-20
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In these essays renowned psychoanalyst Sudhir Kakar uses diverse sources, including case studies, Indian myths and legends, and fiction, to analyse various facets of Indian identity. He explores the Indian psyche through a cultural and psychoanalytical investigation of...
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OUP India
Parution :
2008-08-20
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Adolescents are eager consumers of mass media entertainment and are particularly susceptible to various forms of media influence, such as modeling, desensitization, and contagion. These once controversial phenomena are now widely accepted along with the recognition that...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2008-07-22
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