Doing Political Psychology prepares for the understanding of and research in the coming political psychology. While political psychology is a very old discipline, its roots can be easily found in ancient Greek scholars such as Plato and Aristotle, and their inquiries into what forms of politics suit[...]

In the 1980s, George Marcus spearheaded a major critique of cultural anthropology, expressed most clearly in the landmark book "Writing Culture", which he coedited with James Clifford. "Ethnography through Thick and Thin" updates and advances that critique for the late 1990s. Marcus presents a serie[...]

Passion and emotion run deep in politics, but researchers have only recently begun to study how they influence our political thinking. Contending that the long-standing neglect of such feelings has left unfortunate gaps in our understanding of political behavior, "The Affect Effect" fills the void b[...]