What makes us divide the world into 'us' and 'them'? How can we exert social influence over
others? When does a peaceful protest turn into a riot? Why are some politicians heroes one …

How do ordinary citizens organize their foreign policy views? Ever since Converse (1964)
first asked whether the American public was “innocent of ideology,” public opinion scholars …

Recent political events around the world, including the apparently sudden rise of populism
and decline of democratic zeal, have surprised many of us and offered a window onto how …

It is hard to think of a concept that is more central to social psychology than the concept of
attitudes. Social psychology began as the study of attitudes (Thomas & Znaniecki, 1918) …

This chapter reviews social psychological theories relating to political identity and group
behavior. We define individual and social identity, examine the main social psychological …

Left and right are viewed as social constructs that serve to orient and to bind people to
political choices over the last two centuries mostly within established Western liberal …

We know from the issue-framing literature that politicians 'frame'issues strategically to
influence public perceptions and preferences. We also know that there are different framing …

Abstract The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion synthesizes leading studies of public
opinion from the late 1980s in a top-down model of opinion formation and change. The core …

Viewing Public Opinion in Politics: A Common Sense Approach Page 1 Viewing Public Opinion
in Politics: A Common Sense Approach ^ BY HARVEY GLICKMAN What a public is and how it …