Why are social psychologists interested in politics, and how can they help us understand things like social movements, protest and activism? This module, social psychology and politics, moves away from a state-centric study of politics and, using insights from social psychology, explores the role of identity, personality and culture for political action. The course introduces a critical perspective considering how psychologists themselves can be activists and interrogating the norms of ‘good citizenship’ in Western societies.
After studying
this course, you should be able to:
· Understand why social psychologists are
interested in politics.
· Understand the role of personality, groups
and sociocultural context in political action.
· Understand what is meant by 'scholar activism.
In this module, social psychology and politics, you will
look at some of the ways in which social psychologists have engaged with the
politics. Theories of individual differences highlight the ways in which
political behaviours, attitudes and beliefs relate to differences in individual
psychologies, such as activism orientation. Social identity approaches, on the
other hand, look at the ways in which behaviour relates to the groups that
people belong to, and highlight the importance of these shared social
identities for understanding collective action. Finally, social constructionist
approaches focus on the sociocultural context and critically interrogate the
ways in which political concepts, like ‘good’ citizenship, are constructed.
This work as a whole highlight the ways in which social psychological concepts
are vital in helping to understand how and why people engage in political
processes and structures. In addition, it highlights the ways in which social
psychology can itself be political: by taking an explicitly political stance on
what the social world should look like.
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