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Psychology of Democracy
This book is about all our futures and demonstrates how essential insights from political psychology can nurture and safeguard democracy.
The Political Brain
We have politics on our mind—or, rather, we have politics in different parts of our brains. In this path-breaking study, Matt Qvortrup takes the reader on a whistle stop tour through the fascinating, and sometimes frightening, world of neuropolitics; the discipline that combines neuroscience and politics, and is even being used to win elections. Putting the 'science' back into political science, The Political Brain shows how fMRI-scans can identify differences between Liberals and Conservatives, can predict our behaviour with sometimes greater accuracy than surveys, and can explain the biology of uprisings, revolutions, and wars. Not merely a study of empirical evidence, the book shows how the philosophical theories of, among others, Plato, Aristotle, and Spinoza can be supported by brain scans. Along the way, it also provides an overview of the state-of-the-art knowledge of the organ that shapes our politics. The book shows that if we rely on evolutionary primitive parts of the midbrain—those engaged when we succumb to polarised politics—we stand in danger of squandering the gains we made through the last eight million years.
Challenging the Rulers
Challenging The Rulers: A Leadership Model for Good Governance brings to the fore the issue of leadership in developing countries like Kenya. Citing specific examples, it singles out bad leadership as the cause of stagnation and underdevelopment in Africa. This book advocates for a serious discourse on leadership as the most critical factor in a national quest for good governance and prosperity. Unlike other writers who bemoan the state of affairs in Africa without offering alternatives, the authors propose a leadership model that can ensure good governance. This is based on the premise that good leadership means good governance hence reasonable economic growth and development. Values and pr...
The Cambridge Handbook of Political Psychology
This handbook reviews political psychology from an international perspective, covering foundational approaches and contemporary challenges.
Smear Campaign
Explore the intricate world of political maneuvering in "Smear Campaign," an essential examination of the tactics, impacts, and ethical implications of smear campaigns in modern politics. This book offers insights into how public perception and electoral outcomes can be manipulated through misinformation and character assassination. 1: Smear Campaign: Defines smear campaigns, tracing their evolution and prevalence in modern politics. 2: Tactic: Discusses diverse methods of smear campaigns, including fact distortion and selective quoting. 3: Character Assassination: Examines efforts to damage reputations through unfounded allegations and malicious narratives. 4: Negative Campaigning: Analyzes...
Political Campaign
Unlock the secrets of modern political campaigns with "Political Campaign," a crucial addition to the "Political Science" series. This book delves into how campaigns shape democracies, influence voter behavior, and impact electoral results. It offers invaluable insights for students, professionals, and enthusiasts into the art and science of political campaigning. 1: Political Campaign – Fundamentals of campaign structure, objectives, and their role in democracy. 2: Plurality Voting – Insights into plurality voting, its benefits, and impact on strategies. 3: Opinion Poll – The role of opinion polls in shaping campaign strategies and outcomes. 4: Voter Turnout – Factors affecting vote...
The Fabulist
From the dogged Long Island reporter who has been on his trail since 2019, the bizarre, page-turning, and frankly hysterical story of America’s most outrageous grifter—former US Representative George Santos. America is used to larger-than-life politicians, from Telfon Don to AOC and from Dark Brandon to MTG. The political arena has been injected with an unmistakable edge of celebrity flair and tabloid intrigue. Yet in 2022, a new player on the national scene outshone them all. George Anthony Devolder Santos, and his revolving door of pseudonyms, shed glaring new light on how far we’d let our politics slide as his claimed resume was shred to bits in the wake of a longshot run to office ...
In Fraud We Trust
Telling lies, and falling for them, is one of the things that makes us human. The vast majority of these falsehoods are harmless and perfectly legal. But when someone deceives another for material gain or profit, inflicting injury in the process, we give this kind of lie a special label: fraud. Most people are familiar with the concept and understand that fraud is prohibited by law. What many fail to appreciate, however, is that the law does not treat all frauds equally. If you defraud an individual, you might end up in prison. On the other hand, if you defraud millions of people—what Wes Henricksen calls “fraud on the public”—you might end up wealthy or powerful, or even get elected...
New Perspectives on Negative Campaigning
Have you ever seen a politician fiercely attacking his opponent? Sure you have. Election campaigns without attacks on the rival candidate's performance, policy propositions and traits simply do not exist. Negative campaigning makes up a substantial part of election campaigns around the world. Though heavily covered in election news, the practice is strongly disliked by political pundits, journalists and voters. Some are even concerned that negative campaigning damages democracy itself. Negative campaigning has inspired numerous scholars in recent decades. But much of the existing research examines the phenomenon only in the United States, and scholars disagree on how the practice should be defined and measured, which has resulted in open-ended conclusions about its causes and effects. This unique volume presents for the first time work examining negative campaigning in the US, Europe and beyond. It presents systematic literature overviews and new work that touches upon three fundamental questions: What is negative campaigning and can we measure it? What causes negative campaigning? And what are its effects?
New Directions in Media and Politics
It would be difficult to find a more interesting topic than the relationship between the news media and politics, especially given that Americans are now living in the "Twitter presidency" of Donald Trump. Academic research in the area of media and politics is rapidly breaking new ground to keep pace with prolific media developments and societal changes. This innovative, up-to-date text moves beyond rudimentary concepts and definitions to consider exciting research as well as practical applications that address monumental changes in media systems in the US and the world. This carefully crafted volume explores key questions posed by academics and practitioners alike, exposing students to rigo...
