African-american Political Psychology: Identity, Opinion, And Action In The Post-civil Rights Era
by Tasha S. Philpot /
2010 / English / PDF
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Decades of research in both political science and psychology
have demonstrated that external, environmental factors
influence individuals’ mental processes, especially as they
relate to politics. Inasmuch as such factors vary
systematically across racial and ethnic groups, the political
psychology of these groups warrants study, hence, the
objective of this volume. We have assembled a number of
papers from both psychologists and political scientists in an
effort to combine both disciplines’ understanding of the
psychological underpinnings of Blacks’ orientation to the
political world. Our goal is to take lessons learned
from previous research and incorporate them into new theories
and utilize new data sources in an effort to create a unified
study of Black political psychology.
Decades of research in both political science and psychology
have demonstrated that external, environmental factors
influence individuals’ mental processes, especially as they
relate to politics. Inasmuch as such factors vary
systematically across racial and ethnic groups, the political
psychology of these groups warrants study, hence, the
objective of this volume. We have assembled a number of
papers from both psychologists and political scientists in an
effort to combine both disciplines’ understanding of the
psychological underpinnings of Blacks’ orientation to the
political world. Our goal is to take lessons learned
from previous research and incorporate them into new theories
and utilize new data sources in an effort to create a unified
study of Black political psychology.
