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Affirmation And Engagement: Continuing The Dialogue, Paul W. Nesbitt-Larking Dec 2007

Affirmation And Engagement: Continuing The Dialogue, Paul W. Nesbitt-Larking

Paul W Nesbitt-Larking

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Political Psychology In Canada, Paul W. Nesbitt-Larking Dec 2003

Political Psychology In Canada, Paul W. Nesbitt-Larking

Paul W Nesbitt-Larking

Although a number of political psychologists are active in Canada, there has been relatively little self-conscious development of the field. This article brings together contributions from political science and social psychology in Canada in an attempt to identify aspects of Canadian distinctiveness in the field of political psychology, notably the balance between mainstream and eclectic tendencies.

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Margins Of Difference: Constructing Critical Political Psychology, Paul W. Nesbitt-Larking Dec 2002

Margins Of Difference: Constructing Critical Political Psychology, Paul W. Nesbitt-Larking

Paul W Nesbitt-Larking

This article sets out elements of discourse and rhetorical analysis in social psychology, followed by an elaboration of three key contributions of these approaches to critical political psychology. The first contribution urges researchers to pay attention to both their own and others’ ideological orientations. The second contribution addresses the artificial dualism of individual and society and how to transcend such oppositions. The third contribution is toward cross-cultural political psychology and the possibilities of political psychology beyond the framework of possessive individualism.

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Complexes And Political Complexity: Canadian Contributions To Political Psychology, Paul W. Nesbitt-Larking Dec 2002

Complexes And Political Complexity: Canadian Contributions To Political Psychology, Paul W. Nesbitt-Larking

Paul W Nesbitt-Larking

While it remains a diffuse field of enquiry, political psychology has established itself as an important approach to the analysis of political life. In the United States, political psychology is offered as an optional programme in a number of leading graduate schools and is a recognized subfield of the American Political Science Association. Despite the existence of a number of active political psychologists in Canada, there has been relatively little curiosity about the status of the field. This article offers an account of research in the field. Central to this exploration is an evaluation of the ideological, cultural and substantive …

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Affirmation And Engagement: Continuing The Dialogue, Paul W. Nesbitt-Larking

Paul W Nesbitt-Larking

Political Psychology In Canada, Paul W. Nesbitt-Larking

Paul W Nesbitt-Larking

Margins Of Difference: Constructing Critical Political Psychology, Paul W. Nesbitt-Larking

Paul W Nesbitt-Larking

Complexes And Political Complexity: Canadian Contributions To Political Psychology, Paul W. Nesbitt-Larking

Paul W Nesbitt-Larking