ISBN:
9781139959889
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (340 pages)
DDC:
303.3
Keywords:
Electronic books
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Macht
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Politik
;
Wirtschaft
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Führung
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Misstrauen
;
Verschwörungstheorie
Abstract:
Why are people frequently suspicious of their political and corporate leaders? This book examines the psychological roots of political paranoia
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Preface; 1 Power, politics, and paranoia: an introduction; The origins of suspiciousness towards leaders; Part I - power; Part II - politics; Part III - paranoia; Closing remarks; I Power; 2 The effects of power on immorality; Positions of power; Feelings of power; Actual differences in power; Discussion: does power corrupt?; Conclusion; 3 Do we give power to the right people? When and how norm violators rise to the top; From power to norm violation; From norm violation to power
Description / Table of Contents:
When do norm violators rise to power? Making sense of a paradoxProposition 1: prosocial norm violations fuel power affordance, but selfish norm violations do not; Proposition 2: cultural tightness and collectivism alter people's attitude towards norm violations; Proposition 3: norm violations are an insidious means of hierarchy reinforcement; Epilogue; 4 The leaders' rosy halo: why do we give power holders the benefit of the doubt?; Corruption as a function of the power holder; A more complex view of the power holder; Corruption as a function of the perceiver
Description / Table of Contents:
The rosy halo: power casts a positive light on those who hold itEvidence for the rosy halo; Conclusions and implications; 5 "Power corrupts" revisited: the role of construal of power as opportunity or responsibility; From power to responsible action; The construal of power as opportunity or responsibility and its impact on the attraction of power; When power is construed as opportunity versus responsibility; Conclusion; II Politics; 6 Never trust a politician? Collective distrust, relational accountability, and voter response; Fundamental dimensions of social cognition; Foreshadows
Description / Table of Contents:
CandidatesGroups in society; Politicians in the warmth by competence space; Affect matters; Warmth, competence, emotions, and behavior; Importance of affect for politicians; Role of emotions in decisions; Recap; Relational accountability; Conclusion; 7 Political distrust: the seed and fruit of popular empowerment; Political distrust; Putting people, government, and political distrust in context; The conditions of disadvantage; The failures of institutional structures and political elites; Conclusions and future directions
Description / Table of Contents:
8 All power to our great leader: political leadership under uncertaintyLeadership and influence; Social identity and leadership; Social identity theory; Uncertainty-identity theory; Social identity theory of leadership; Uncertainty and power in authoritarian states; Conclusion; 9 Those who supported and voted for Berlusconi: a social-psychological profile of the willing followers of a controversial political leader; Introduction; Social attitudes and political beliefs; Values; Personality; Rise and decline but no surrender; Why have people continued to support Berlusconi over the years?
Description / Table of Contents:
10 A growing confidence gap in politics? Data versus discourse
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
URL:
http://www.cambridge.org/de/academic/subjects/psychology/social-psychology/power-politics-and-paranoia-why-people-are-suspicious-their-leaders?format=HB
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