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Political Psychology
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 391

Political Psychology

A research-based guide to political psychology that is filled with critical arguments from noted experts Political Psychology is solidly grounded in empirical research and critical arguments. 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, the text contains a meaningful exchange of ideas that draw on the disciplines of social psychology, sociology, history, media studies and philosophy. This important text offers a broader understanding of the different intellectual positions that academics may take towards political psychology. Comprehensive in...

The Passionate Ones
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 216

The Passionate Ones

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2006-03
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  • Publisher: iUniverse

When a writing assignment for Passion magazine sends American journalist Antonia Taylor to a tiny island off the coast of Spain, she finds much more than a travel story. While covering an annual festival dedicated to dead lovers, she meets two sexy opera singers, Javier and Lars, who are members of the world famous opera group Les Passionistes. While on the island, Antonia has occasion to be alone with both Javier and Lars and falls in love with each one. A love triangle ensues that threatens the friendship between the men as well as the very existence of Les Passionistes. A passionate confrontation on the beach results in a fight and a near drowning in the Mediterranean Sea. This public incident, as well as scandals involving the other two members of the group, threatens to destroy Les Passionistes. But the group's creator, Samuel Bowles, will never let that happen. He orders them to return to London to begin work on their new album and to face the press as a unified group. Antonia returns to New York confused but definitely in love with one of them. But which one is it?

The Oxford Handbook of Social Psychology and Social Justice
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 505

The Oxford Handbook of Social Psychology and Social Justice

The Oxford Handbook of Social Psychology and Social Justice spans cultures and disciplines to highlight critical paradigms and practices for the study of social injustice in diverse contexts. This book addresses injustice along such lines as race, ethnicity, gender, sexual identity, and social class. It also addresses pressing issues of globalization, conflict, intervention, and social policy.

Child Pornography
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 252

Child Pornography

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2004-06-02
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  • Publisher: Routledge

Child pornography, particularly that available via the Internet, has become a cause of huge social concern in recent years. This book examines the reality behind the often hysterical media coverage of the topic. Drawing on extensive new research findings, it examines how child pornography is used on the Internet and the social context in which such use occurs, and develops a model of offending behaviour to better help understand and deal with the processes of offending. Detailed case studies and offenders' own accounts are used to illustrate the processes involved in offending and treatment. The authors argue that we need to refine our ideas of offending, and that while severe deterrents need to be associated with possession of child pornography, a better understanding is needed of the links between possession and committing a contact offence. Only by improving our understanding of this complex and very controversial topic can we hope to deal effectively with offenders and with their child victims. This is a book which will become an essential read for anyone involved with offenders or victims from a psychological, judicial or social background.

African American Coping in the Political Sphere
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 237

African American Coping in the Political Sphere

Psychosocial stressors are a part of the human condition. Individuals experience a myriad of stressors in their everyday lives, and, while many people experience some of the same types of stressors, responses and reactions to stressful life events, interactions, and situations often vary. Research has shown that these stressors often have negative effects on physical and mental health outcomes, among others. Thus, the way one copes with psychosocial stressors is important for explaining human behavior and variations across and within certain groups. For African Americans, there are added stressors that impact daily functioning, due to no fault of their own. These stressors include, but are n...

Significant Soil
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 540

Significant Soil

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2020-05-11
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  • Publisher: BRILL

"Like all empires, Japan’s prewar empire encompassed diverse territories as well as a variety of political forms for governing such spaces. This book focuses on Japan’s Kwantung Leasehold and Railway Zone in China’s three northeastern provinces. The hybrid nature of the leasehold’s political status vis-à-vis the metropole, the presence of the semipublic and enormously powerful South Manchuria Railway Company, and the region’s vulnerability to inter-imperial rivalries, intra-imperial competition, and Chinese nationalism throughout the first decades of the twentieth century combined to give rise to a distinctive type of settler politics. Settlers sought inclusion within a broad Japa...

Memories of the Second World War in Neutral Europe, 1945–2023
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 370

Memories of the Second World War in Neutral Europe, 1945–2023

This edited volume is a sequel to, and a development of, The Long Aftermath: Cultural Legacies of Europe at War, 1936-2016 (2016). It focuses on the six major European countries and states that remained officially neutral throughout the Second World War, namely Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the Vatican. Its transnational, comparative and interdisciplinary approach addresses complex questions pertaining to collective remembrance, national policies and politics, and intellectual as well as cultural responses to neutrality during and after the conflict. The contributions are from a broad range of scholars working across the disciplines of history, literature, film, media, a...

Nationalisms in International Politics
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 312

Nationalisms in International Politics

How the ideas that animate nationalism influence whether it causes—or calms—conflict With nationalism on the rise around the world, many worry that nationalistic attitudes could lead to a surge in deadly conflict. To combat this trend, federations like the European Union have tried to build inclusive regional identities to overcome nationalist distrust and inspire international cooperation. Yet not all nationalisms are alike. Nationalisms in International Politics draws on insights from psychology to explore when nationalist commitments promote conflict—and when they foster cooperation. Challenging the received wisdom about nationalism and military aggression, Kathleen Powers different...

Enabling Next Generation Legacies
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 341

Enabling Next Generation Legacies

Answering the most pressing thirty-five questions of Next Generation members in a short and concise, yet competent way—leading academics, practitioners, and enterprising families come together to empower Next Generation legacies. Masterfully detangling the intricate dynamics of the family, ownership, business, and wealth, the authors share best practices, real-life examples, and critical questions for reflection. Part 1: Family Defining family · Managing family dynamics · Dealing with conflicts · Family communication · Preparing generational transitions · Keeping the family united Part 2: Ownership Responsibilities and rights · Preparation of future owners · Dealing with non-active ...

New Philosophical Essays on Love and Loving
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 328

New Philosophical Essays on Love and Loving

New philosophical essays on love by a diverse group of international scholars. Topics include contributions to the ongoing debate on whether love is arational or if there are reasons for love, and if so what kind; the kinds of love there may be (between humans and artificial intelligences, between non-human animals and humans); whether love can explain the difference between nationalism and patriotism; whether love is an necessary component of truly seeing others and the world; whether love, like free will, is “fragile,” and may not survive in a deterministic world; and whether or not love is actually a good thing or may instead be a force opposed to morality. Key philosophers discussed include Immanuel Kant, Iris Murdoch, Bernard Williams, Harry Frankfurt, J. David Velleman, Niko Kolodny, Thomas Hurka, Bennett Helm, Alfred Mele and Derk Pereboom. Essays also touch on the treatment of love in literature and popular culture, from Graham Greene’s The End of the Affair to Spike Jonze’s movie her.