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Context And Demonizing The I.R.A., Ibpp Editor
Context And Demonizing The I.R.A., Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article questions a consensus that the I.R.A. is largely responsible for the recent suspension of Northern Ireland’s home-rule government by the United Kingdom.
The Black And White Of Profiling: Sniping On The Sniper Case, Ibpp Editor
The Black And White Of Profiling: Sniping On The Sniper Case, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article analyzes the construct of profiling in the aftermath of the arrest of two suspects in the recent sniper attacks perpetrated in the greater Washington, D.C. area.
Trends. Preemption Logics, Ibpp Editor
Trends. Preemption Logics, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This Trends article discusses the idea and complexities of preemption in the context of 21st century global terrorism.
Personnel Security: Beyond Initial Screening And Selection To Career Aftermath, Ibpp Editor
Personnel Security: Beyond Initial Screening And Selection To Career Aftermath, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article describes Issues pertaining to personnel security in the aftermath of an individual’s career with an organization.
Trends. If You're So Right, Why Are We Sure You're So Wrong? Iraq, Free Riders, And Social Loafing, Ibpp Editor
Trends. If You're So Right, Why Are We Sure You're So Wrong? Iraq, Free Riders, And Social Loafing, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This Trends article discusses and evaluates public discourse surrounding the acceptability of militarily invading Iraq through a social psychological perspective. In social psychology, the research tradition for constructs such as free-riding and social loafing suggests that, wittingly or unwittingly, many political actors assume that the United States will act to address actual political threats in a certain way, and that they (the other political actors) can adopt contrarian ideological stances because they don’t have to address those same threats.
Trends. Self-Esteem And Terrorism, Ibpp Editor
Trends. Self-Esteem And Terrorism, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This Trends article discusses the role self-esteem plays in terrorist behavior. Analysis includes the application of Jennifer Crocker and Connie T. Wolfe’s views as presented in their 2001 Psychological Review article “Contingencies of self-worth” (Vol 108 (3), pp. 593-623).
Vestiges Of Communism And Personnel Security, Ibpp Editor
Vestiges Of Communism And Personnel Security, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article illustrates several interpretive difficulties in employing personnel security criteria in the context of national security.
Threat And Threatening Language: Public Discourse On Iraq, Ibpp Editor
Threat And Threatening Language: Public Discourse On Iraq, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article explores the relationship of language, the construction of threat, and the constructor’s response to that which is constructed.
Magical Thinking But No Magic: Implications For Sacred Terrorism, Ibpp Editor
Magical Thinking But No Magic: Implications For Sacred Terrorism, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article describes lay and scientific psychological constructs of magic with implications for terrorism perpetrated through religious motivation.
Trends. Zero-Sum Games And Terrorism: Israeli And Palestinian Contestants, Ibpp Editor
Trends. Zero-Sum Games And Terrorism: Israeli And Palestinian Contestants, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
The construct of the zero-sum game has several denotations in the political psychological literature on conflict.
Selected Factors That Influenced A State's Collapse: A Historical Analysis Of The Case Of Sierra Leone, I. Betty Williams Conteh
Selected Factors That Influenced A State's Collapse: A Historical Analysis Of The Case Of Sierra Leone, I. Betty Williams Conteh
Sociology & Criminal Justice Theses & Dissertations
Throughout the 1990s the United Nations Human Development Index, an annual report that measures human development, depicted Sierra Leone as one of, if not the poorest nation on the planet. In 2001, the same report depicted 162 countries in terms of human development and Sierra Leone ranked 162. This Sub-Saharan nation experienced a total collapse of its state and society beginning in 1990. The United Nations and the rest of the international community are only now beginning to work towards putting Sierra Leone together again.
This study investigate factors that led to the collapse of Sierra Leone--factors such as …