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The Past From The Present: Comments On The Social Construction Of Machiavellianism, Ibpp Editor Jul 1997

The Past From The Present: Comments On The Social Construction Of Machiavellianism, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article presents different meanings of the term Machiavellianism and posits a mechanism of social construction to explain these differences.


Theory And Practice In The Career Of Fernando Henrique Cardoso: Part I, Ibpp Editor Jul 1997

Theory And Practice In The Career Of Fernando Henrique Cardoso: Part I, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

Political psychologists often contemplate the significance of their research--theoretical, empirical--for the practice of politics. Too often, seemingly valuable research is ignored, discounted, misperceived, and misapplied by political practitioners. Yet occasionally researchers practice politics as well--not just the politics of everyday life--but the formal politics of local, regional, national, and international entities. In the United States, Woodrow Wilson, Eugene McCarthy, and even Newt Gingrich come immediately to mind. What will be the interaction of research and practice when both are developed and implemented by the same individual? Dr. Ted Goertzel of Rutgers University has written the following article concerning another researcher-practitioner--Fernando …


No Mas, No Mas; Ear Biting; And Iconoclasm: The Political Psychology Of Boxing, Ibpp Editor Jul 1997

No Mas, No Mas; Ear Biting; And Iconoclasm: The Political Psychology Of Boxing, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

With boxing as but an example, this article describes the political psychological substrates of competitive athletics' popularity throughout history.


The Political Psychology Of Deception Research, Ibpp Editor Jun 1997

The Political Psychology Of Deception Research, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes some substantive and ethical complexities in research on the psychology of deception.


A Straight Word On Sex For The United States Armed Forces, Ibpp Editor Jun 1997

A Straight Word On Sex For The United States Armed Forces, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article presents aspects of a policy on sexuality that will support "good order and discipline," "character," and other hypothetical constructs allegedly associated with a military's contribution to the security of its sponsors. (For a related article see "Sex as a Military Weapon" in IBPP Vol. 1, No. 14, February 28,1997.)


Political Oracles, Issues, And Candidates: It's In The Stars, Ibpp Editor Jun 1997

Political Oracles, Issues, And Candidates: It's In The Stars, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes some parameters in employing media stars to support campaigns for political initiatives.


Getting Good Help These Days, Ibpp Editor May 1997

Getting Good Help These Days, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes psychological factors mitigating against competent advice to political leaders.


Touchable Untouchables, Ibpp Editor May 1997

Touchable Untouchables, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

With Mexican antidrug efforts as the context, this article describes some psychological impediments to developing and maintaining a trustworthy law enforcement cadre.


Paradox: A Vital Issue Of Security Policy, Ibpp Editor May 1997

Paradox: A Vital Issue Of Security Policy, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article identifies several contradictory assumptions about human behavior which underlie policymakers attempts to make peace or keep it.


Intelligence On Intelligence: Comments On Khamisiyah, Ibpp Editor Apr 1997

Intelligence On Intelligence: Comments On Khamisiyah, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This paper describes some of the problems intrinsic to intelligence analysis. The description derives from a close reading of the unclassified document “Khamisiyah: A Historical Perspective on Related Intelligence” (9 April 1997) which was prepared by a United States (US) Intelligence Community (IC) Persian Gulf War Illnesses Task Force authorized by the Acting Director of Central Intelligence, George J.Tenet, and directed by his Special Assistant for Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses, Robert Walpole.


Political Propaganda: A Postmodernist Analysis (Part Iii), Ibpp Editor Apr 1997

Political Propaganda: A Postmodernist Analysis (Part Iii), Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The last installment of this article posits proto-principles of propaganda. (See IBPP Vol. 1, No. 17 and Vol. 2, No.1 for the first two installments.)


Entering The Cult: The Role Of Personality And Self-Peer Agreement, Ibpp Editor Apr 1997

Entering The Cult: The Role Of Personality And Self-Peer Agreement, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This paper describes a psychological factor which may make it more likely that people voluntarily enter cults. The same factor may be used by cult solicitors and gate keepers to create "voluntary entry."


To Stay Or To Go: Social Identity And Self-Categorization Theories, Ibpp Editor Apr 1997

To Stay Or To Go: Social Identity And Self-Categorization Theories, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes some psychological factors affecting whether members remain in a cult or leave.


Controlling Control In The Cult: Big Brother, Little Brothers, And "Turning In", Ibpp Editor Apr 1997

Controlling Control In The Cult: Big Brother, Little Brothers, And "Turning In", Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

A previous article (IBPP, Vol. 1, No. 9, "The Psychology of Controlling Control") described the psychological challenges that must be surmounted by political leaders desiring to control others. The present article describes psychological phenomena w


Hardball Politics, The Chinese Connection, And The Psychology Of Linkage: Some Implications Of, Ibpp Editor Apr 1997

Hardball Politics, The Chinese Connection, And The Psychology Of Linkage: Some Implications Of, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

IBPP has posited some effects of globalization on individual psychologies ("Political Psychology and Globalization" (Vol. 1, No. 13)) and political tactics and structures ("Psychopolitical Effects of Globalization on Power: When Weakness Becomes Strength" (Vol. 1, No. 14.)) This article describes how new information technologies and old principles of social psychology may be combined in an era of globalization for effective information warfare during political conflict.


Political Propaganda: A Postmodernist Analysis (Part Ii), Ibpp Editor Apr 1997

Political Propaganda: A Postmodernist Analysis (Part Ii), Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

Part I of this paper (IBPP, Vol. 1, No. 17) describes the conceptual problems inherent to propaganda as process. Now Part II will describe the psychological rationale for why propaganda is employed by governments and nonstate actors regardless of these problems.


Political Psychology And Political Policy, Ibpp Editor Mar 1997

Political Psychology And Political Policy, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes the basic components of political policy which can be influenced through political psychology. It also suggests some political limitations of this influence.


Psychopolitics Of International Crime: An Introduction, Ibpp Editor Mar 1997

Psychopolitics Of International Crime: An Introduction, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This paper posits psychological consequences of international organized crime.


Birth Of The Suicidal Terrorist: A Self-Justification Approach, Ibpp Editor Mar 1997

Birth Of The Suicidal Terrorist: A Self-Justification Approach, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This paper describes social psychological techniques employed by recruiters to select, solicit, and shape suicidal terrorists.


Psychopolitical Effects Of Globalization On Power: When Weakness Becomes Strength, Ibpp Editor Feb 1997

Psychopolitical Effects Of Globalization On Power: When Weakness Becomes Strength, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses three common techniques to obtain power in the sphere of international affairs.


Sex As A Military Weapon, Ibpp Editor Feb 1997

Sex As A Military Weapon, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

Disagreements about military personnel policies on sexuality may be based on the wrong criteria.


Beliefs And The True Believer, Ibpp Editor Feb 1997

Beliefs And The True Believer, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the psychological constructs of the True Believer.


Some Truth About Truth Commissions, Ibpp Editor Feb 1997

Some Truth About Truth Commissions, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the veracity of Truth Commissions.


The Psychology Of Controlling Control, Ibpp Editor Jan 1997

The Psychology Of Controlling Control, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the concept and techniques of control (power) in the political world.


Paranoia And Political Leadership, Ibpp Editor Jan 1997

Paranoia And Political Leadership, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the ins and outs of paranoia in political leadership.


Terrorism And Legal Competence: A Reader's Opinion, Ibpp Editor Jan 1997

Terrorism And Legal Competence: A Reader's Opinion, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

A reader, a police officer from a Pacific Basin Country, wishing to remain anonymous, reacts to IBPP article "Terrorism and Legal Competence" (V. 1, No. 1, November 8, 1996), discussing that article's treatment of terrorism and versions of legal competency. Religious as well as intolerance are likewise discussed.


The Social Cognition Of Intelligence Analysis, Ibpp Editor Jan 1997

The Social Cognition Of Intelligence Analysis, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The editor discusses the analysis of political intelligence through the philosophical lenses of Plato, Friedrich Nietzsche, and R. J. Heuer as well as through consideration of research in the contemporary field of social cognition, or the structure, process, and content of how people think about other people.


The Need For A United States Government Capacity To Analyze And Counter Foreign Perception Management Operations: Part Iii, Todd Levanthal Jan 1997

The Need For A United States Government Capacity To Analyze And Counter Foreign Perception Management Operations: Part Iii, Todd Levanthal

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This is the final part of a three-part series by Mr. Todd Leventhal, who from January 1987 to May 1996 was Program Officer for Countering Disinformation at the United States Information Agency (USIA.) The first two parts have contained examples of perception management operations, often against USG interests. The series has reflected his personal opinion, not those of USIA or the US Government (USG.) It has been presented with only the most minor editing.


The Need For A United States Government Capacity To Analyze And Counter Foreign Perception Management Operations: Part Ii, Todd Levanthal Dec 1996

The Need For A United States Government Capacity To Analyze And Counter Foreign Perception Management Operations: Part Ii, Todd Levanthal

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This is the second part of a three-part series by Mr. Todd Leventhal who from January 1987 to May 1996 was Program Officer for Countering Disinformation at the United States Information Agency (USIA.) The series reflects only his personal opinions, not those of USIA or the United States Government (USG.) It is presented with only the most minor editing but with extensive commentary by IBPP. The series also reflects IBPP's deep commitment to foster deliberation and--when appropriate-- change in science, policy, programs, and informed opinion.


Problems With Political Types, Ibpp Editor Dec 1996

Problems With Political Types, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The editor discusses and evaluates the concept of typology in the context of political psychology, including those who use typology as a tool.