Power, politics, and paranoia : why people are suspicious of their leaders

"Powerful societal leaders - such as politicians and Chief Executives - are frequently met with substantial distrust by the public. But why are people so suspicious of their leaders? One possibility is that 'power corrupts', and therefore people are right in their reservations. Indeed...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Prooijen, Jan-Willem van, 1975- (Autor, Editor ), Lange, Paul A. M. van (Autor, Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge New York Cambridge University Press 2014
Temas:
Power (Social sciences) > Moral and ethical aspects.
Social psychology.
Trust > Social aspects.
Conspiracy theories > Social aspects.
Transparency in government.
Business ethics.
Pouvoir (Sciences sociales) > Aspect moral.
Psychologie sociale.
Confiance > Aspect social.
Théories du complot > Aspect social.
Morale des affaires.
social psychology.
PSYCHOLOGY > Social Psychology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Business ethics
Power (Social sciences) > Moral and ethical aspects
Social psychology
Transparency in government
Trust > Social aspects
Macht
Sozialpsychologie
Vertrauen
Wirtschaftsethik
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Power, politics, and paranoia: an introduction / Jan-Willem van Prooijen and Paul A.M. van Lange
  • Part I. Power
  • 2. The effects of power on immorality / Joris Lammers and Ilja van Beest
  • 3. Do we give power to the right people? When and how norm violators rise to the top / Eftychia Stamkou and Gerben van Kleef
  • 4. The leaders' rosy halo: why do we give powerholders the benefit of the doubt? / Pamela K. Smith and Jennifer R. Overbeck
  • 5. 'Power corrupts' revisited: the role of construal of power as opportunity or responsibility / Kai Sassenberg, Naomi Ellemers, Daan Scheepers and Annika Scholl
  • Part II. Politics
  • 6. Never trust a politician? Collective distrust, relational accountability, and voter response / Susan T. Fiske and Federica Durante
  • 7. Political distrust: the seed and fruit of popular empowerment / Fouad Bou Zeineddine and Felicia Pratto
  • 8. All power to our great leader: political leadership under uncertainty / John J. Haller and Michael A. Hogg
  • 9. Those who supported and voted for Berlusconi. A social-psychological profile of the willing followers of a controversial political leader / Antonio Chirumbolo and Luigi Leone
  • 10. A growing confidence gap in politics? Data versus discourse / Rudy B. Andeweg
  • Part III. Paranoia
  • 11. Misconnecting the dots: origins and dynamics of outgroup paranoia / Roderick M. Kramer and Jennifer Schaffer
  • 12. Political paranoia and conspiracy theories / Viren Swami and Adrian Furnham
  • 13. The social dimension of belief in conspiracy theories / Jan-Willem van Prooijen and Paul A.M. van Lange
  • 14. Examining the monological nature of conspiracy theories / Robbie M. Sutton and Karen M. Douglas
  • 15. The role of paranoia in a dual-process motivational model of conspiracy belief / Marc Wilson and Chelsea Rose
  • 16. Searching for the root of all evil: an existential-sociological perspective on political enemyship and scapegoating / Daniel Sullivan, Mark J. Landau, Zachary K. Rothschild and Lucas A. Keefer

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