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The Road to Actualized Democracy:
A Psychological Exploration
Editors: Brady Wagoner, Aalborg University,
Ignacio Bresco de Luna, Aalborg University
and Vlad Glaveanu , Webster University Geneva
A volume in Niels Bohr Professorship Lectures in Cultural Psychology
Series Editor: Brady Wagoner, Aalborg University
“Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others” once remarked
Winston Churchill. In this day and age this quotation resonates more than ever. This book
explores democracy from the perspective of social and cultural psychology, highlighting the importance of the
everyday basis of democratic practices. This approach takes us beyond the simple understanding of democracy in its
institutional guise of free elections and public accountability, and towards a focus on group dynamics and personal
characteristics of the democratic citizen, including their mentalities, habits and ways of relating to others. The book
features discussions of the two-way street between democracy and dictatorship; conflicts within protests, ideology
and public debate; and the psychological profile of a democratic citizen and its critique. While acknowledging the
limitations of today’s democratic systems, this volume aims to re-invigorate democracy by bringing psychology to the
table of current debates on social change and citizenship.
CONTENTS: Who’s Afraid of Democracy? Vlad Glaveanu, Brady Wagoner, and
Ignacio Brescó. PART I: NIELS BOHR LECTURE. The Road to Actualized
Democracy: A Psychological Exploration, Fathali M. Moghaddam. PART II:
TRANSITIONS TO AND FROM DEMOCRACY. Building Group Norms and Group
Identities Into the Study of Transitions From Democracy to Dictatorship and Back
Again, Winnifred R. Louis, Gi K. Chonu, Tulsi Achia, Cassandra M. Chapman, and
Joshua Rhee. Looking for Happiness, Finding Economic Growth: The Chilean
Transition to Democracy, David Carré. Democratic Revolutions? Insights on Social
Stability and Social Change From Psychology and Politics, Lucas B. Mazur and Siri
Neset. On Social Memory, Paradoxes of Opinion, and the Democratic Competence of
Citizens, Cristian Tileagă. PART III: CONFLICT IN DEMOCRACY. Alternating
Dominance: Social Categorization, Group Formation, and the Problem of Borders,
Gordon Sammut. Actual Democracy and a United Europe of States: A Case Study of
Austerity and Protest in the Republic of Ireland, Séamus A. Power. Ideology and
Actualized Democracy: Allies or Enemies? Sandra Obradović. Cultural Psychology
and Politics: Otherness, Democracy, and the Refugee Crisis, Constance de Saint
Laurent and Vlad Glaveanu. PART IV: THE DEMOCRATIC CITIZEN. The Perfect
Psytizen: Sociohistorical Debts and the Limits of Psychology as Engineering for
Democracy, Jorge Castro Tejerina and Marcos José Bernal Marcos. Nurturing Democratic Citizens: A Commitment for
Psychology? Alberto Rosa and María Fernanda González. Educating for Democracy: Entrepreneurship Education as a
Democratic Discipline? Steffen Ernø. Historical Representations as Contributions to the Road Toward Actualized
Democracy, Mario Carretero. PART V: CONCLUDING RESPONSE. Psychology as a Science of Human Plasticity, Fathali
M. Moghaddam. About the Contributors.
More titles in this series can be found at: http://www.infoagepub.com/series/Niels-Bohr-Professorship-Lectures-in-Cultural-Psychology
Publication Date: 2018
ISBNs:
Paperback: 978-1-64113-175-9
Hardcover: 978-1-64113-176-6
E-Book: 978-1-64113-177-3
Paperback: $45.99
Hardcover: $85.99
Trim Size: 6.14 x 9.21
Page Count: 310
Subject: Democracy, Social Change,
Cultural Psychology
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