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Getting Away With Murder: The Mass Media's Role In Staging Crime, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes a problem created by the mass media and confronted by criminal-investigative analysts at crime scenes at which murder seems to have been perpetrated.

From Whence Evil? Shakespeare As Political Psychologist, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This paper identifies a passage from Shakespeare's Hamlet that is germane to the question of the source of political evil.

Intelligence And Counterintelligence Operations: The Role Of Implicit Social Influence, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article highlights psychological research on implicit social influence and advocates that this research can be a heuristic source of applications for intelligence and counterintelligence operations.

Trends. Why Princess Di?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses death, dying and Princess Diana.

The Philosophy Of Political Conflict: The Example Of Punishment, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article posits a basic philosophical substrate of inevitable political conflict as opposed to more common psychological ones.

The Abled, Disabled, And Enabled: Is Seeing The Difference A Learning Disability Or Merely A Crime?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article identifies many of the Issues underlying the controversy over providing special accommodations for people who state that they have learning disabilities.

Trends. Bahtmen To The Rescue: A Psychology Of Altruism In Thailand, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author examines the Thai financial system billion dollar rescue in terms of altruism vs. egoism.

How Not To Prevent Oil Crises: Challenge For An Education President, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes several problematic approaches that are components of lay psychology.

Special Report From The Ibpp Notional Archives: Sun Tzu's Perspective On Operation Desert Storm In 1992, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses some of the tenets of Operation DESERT STORM in a special report.

Sexual Misconduct And Personnel Management, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This paper describes how organizations might best understand and employ the concept of sexual misconduct.

Trends. The Imf, The World Bank, And Throwing The Scoundrels Out: Who Are The Scoundrels?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the ins and outs of the IMF and World Bank.

Globalization And Enmeshment: Implications For Foreign Policy, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article posits that national strategies of self-harm may become more adaptive in a world of increasing globalization.

Equilibration, Assimilation, And Accommodation As Substrates Of Racism, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article posits several psychological processes contributing to the inevitability of racism.

Trends. Cognitive Complexity, Moral Complexity, And Foreign Policy: Commonalities Between President Suharto And William Weld, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the

cognitive and moral complexities, and foreign policy commonalities between President Suharto and William Weld.

Trends. Can Accountability Be Accountable? General Fogleman Requests Retirement, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

Ultimately military personnel deal with life and death Issues--even if for many of these personnel the likelihood of the ultimate is very remote. Requiring accountability for these personnel--the taking of responsibility for one's actions and their consequences--is a sound abstract principle. However, it too easily breaks down in concrete instances.

The Man Who Would Be King: Thoughts On The Death Of Saw Maung, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes some common psychological pathways resulting in political leaders believing that they are more than they are.

Trends. The Timelessness Of Conspiracy Theories: Comments Of The Malaysian Prime Minister, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the allegations of conspiracy that can be discovered and identified throughout history.

World Government And Black Helicopters: Psychological Factors Affecting Support For The United Nations, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes some psychological factors--too often ignored in debates and policy development--affecting support for the United Nations.

Off-Balance Balance Theories: The Saga Of Hun Sen, Norodom Ranariddh, And Pol Pot, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes how psychological balance theories might be applied to generate hypotheses about political events in Cambodia since the Paris Accords of 1991.

Preventing, Managing, And Resolving Ethnocentric Conflict: The Perspective From Psychology, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article critiques common psychological theories and experimentation as they apply to affecting ethnocentric conflict.

Security, Lying, And The Strategic-Moral Calculus, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article elaborates on truth and falsehood as both developmental psychological and political phenomena.

Torture, Interrogation, And Daily Hassles: Good Thoughts And Bad Thoughts, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article elaborates on some psychological stress reduction research in a political psychological and moral context.

Trends. The Liberian Elections And Reflections On Political Love, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses political observations of survivors of wars, purges, massacres, and terror, survivors who have lost loved ones, all their worldly goods, even portions of their own bodies, minds, and spirits, often may be the biggest supporters of the perpetrators of evil.

Abusing Deaf Immigrants And Hearing No Evil, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the on-going abuse of deaf immigrants.

Georgia On My Mind: Aborting Children Through Adoption Policy, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses transnational adoption policies and procedures.

Trends. Political Psychology In Space: Diagnostic Issues, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the nomenclature, standards, and criteria are most optimal to evaluate space station personnel.

The Political Psychology Of Virtual Reality: Scandinavian Trail Blazing, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article identifies some research opportunities concerning the political psychology of virtual reality.

Attempting To Learn From History: Nato, Anti-Drug Policies, And Intelligence Assets, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes some political psychological aspects of being allied with security organizations infiltrated by adversaries.

Cleavages Of Political Values Among Generations In Brazil, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article was written by Professor of Psychology Fabián Echegaray, Professor of Sociology Paulo Krischke, and Director of Institutional Ethics Aluir Toso. All three researchers are at the Universidad Federal de Santa Cantarina. They posit and provide supporting theory and data that values which are postmaterialist (emphasizing psychological well-being and self-actualization) as opposed to materialist (emphasizing materialistic goods) are more likely to be displayed by younger than older Brazilians and by those with higher than lower social class. Thus older, lower class Brazilians will be most materialist and younger, higher class Brazilians will be most postmaterialist. The paper was presented …

The "As Ifs" Of Political Psychology, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This paper describes different concepts of "as if" that are basic to political psychology for descriptive and inferential analysis.