Politics and the New Challenge of Migration

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-1-009-28508-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 207 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 468 g

Reihe: Progressive Psychology

This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the social psychology of conflict rooted in human evolution, with a particular focus on migration and its challenges in a globalized world. It examines theories for how conflict emerges between cultural, social, and political groups striving to advance their own interests and agendas and considers their impact on democratic systems that guarantee human rights and freedoms. Building on the study of social psychological tendencies and motivations, including human needs for identity and affiliation, new empirical procedures are introduced for bridging cultural, social, and political divides that encourage students, scholars, and policymakers to consider reconciliatory strategies for conflict resolution. By examining political leanings and tendencies for activism and democratic engagement, this book articulates the ethical and political moral grounds guiding decision-making in intergroup and intercultural relations and challenges readers to reflect on their moral standpoints.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sammut, Gordon

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures; List of Tables; 1. In Search of the Promised Land; 2. The Social Contract; 3. Social Cognition; 4. Social Identity; 5. The Public Sphere; 6. Multiculturalism and Competing Policies; 7. The Populist Backlash; 8. Democracy: The Impossible Dream; 9. Building a Bridge over Babylon: Patching up Discord; 10. Ethics-Politics Morals: What's Good for the Goose is not Good for the Gander; 11. The Dark Side of Politics: Who Dares Wins; References; Appendix; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Sammut, Gordon
Gordon Sammut is Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Malta. He is former editor of Papers on Social Representations and Associate Editor of Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology. His previous publications include The Psychology of Social Influence (Cambridge, 2020) and The Cambridge Handbook of Social Representations (2015).