Revisiting the Classic Studies is a series of texts that introduces readers to the studies in psychology that changed the way we think about core topics in the discipline today. It provokes students to ask more interesting and challenging questions about the field by encouraging a deeper level of engagement both with the details of the studies themselves and with the nature of their contribution.
Edited by leading scholars in their field and written by researchers at the cutting edge of these developments, each book details the original works and their theoretical and empirical impact, and then discusses the ways in which thinking and research has advanced in the years since the studies were conducted.
Political Psychology: Revisiting the Classic Studies examines 17 influential studies that shaped how we understand political attitudes, identity, and behaviour. From Milgram to Sherif, each chapter explores the historical context, impact, and legacy of these works, showing how they continue to inform and challenge contemporary political psychology research.
Edited by:
Jolanda Jetten,
Hema Preya Selvanathan
Imprint: SAGE Publications Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 242mm,
Width: 170mm,
Weight: 470g
ISBN: 9781529691023
ISBN 10: 1529691028
Series: Psychology: Revisiting the Classic Studies
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 26 December 2025
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
An Introduction to Classic Studies in Political Psychology - Hema Preya Selvanathan and Jolanda Jetten Part 1: Individual differences Chapter 1. Displaced Aggression: Expanding on Berkowitz and Knurek (1969) - Norman Miller, William C. Pedersen and Isabella Di Lauro Chapter 2. Polarisation - Charlie R. Crimson Chapter 3. From Doll Studies to Contemporary Notions of Racial Identity: Implications for Intergroup Relations and Wellbeing - Yasin Koc and Hakan Çakmak Chapter 4. Voting and political participation - Frank Mols and Jolanda Jetten Chapter 5. Ideology: Revisiting Converse’s Examination of Belief Systems in Mass Publics - Danny Osborne Part 2: Group processes and intergroup relations Chapter 6. Revisiting Kipnis’s Supervisor Experiment - S. Alexander Haslam and Stephen Reicher Chapter 7. Sherif: Intergroup Violence and Negative Attitudes - Kevin Durrheim and Yasemin Gülsüm Acar Chapter 8. Collective Action: Revisiting Wright, Taylor and Moghaddam’s Responding to Disadvantaged Group Membership Study - Emma F. Thomas, Anna C. Barron and Lucy H. Bird Chapter 9. Residential Desegregation and Origins of the Contact Hypothesis: Revisiting Deutsch and Collins’ (1951) Psychological Evaluation of a ‘Social Experiment’ in Interracial Housing - John Dixon, Jie Huang, and Stefania Paolini Chapter 10. Relative Deprivation: Building upon Walker and Mann’s (1987) Interviews with Unemployed Australians - Heather J. Smith and Stephanie McKee Chapter 11. Revisiting Milgram’s obedience studies - Andrew G. Livingstone and Megan E. Birney Part 3: Societal level processes Chapter 12. The Rioting Crowds: Revisiting Reicher’s Study of the St. Pauls′ Riot - Sara Vestergren and Evangelos Ntontis Chapter 13. Collective Victimhood: Revisiting Kahana, Kahana, Harel and Segal’s Study on the Victim as Helper - Johanna Ray Volhardt Chapter 14. Lipset’s Working-Class Authoritarianism - Jasper van Assche Chapter 15. Reflections on Racial Stereotypes of One Hundred College Students: Katz and Braly (1933) - Keith B. Maddox, Jordan Daley and Diane-Jo Bart-Plange Chapter 16. Gender Stereotypes and Social Roles: Revisiting the Classic Study of Alice Eagly and Valerie Steffen - Naomi Ellemers and Maike Waiper Chapter 17. Socio-Economic Status and Inequality - Matthew Easterbrook and Matthias Gobel
Jolanda Jetten is Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Queensland. She has an exceptional profile due to her research in the areas of social identity, social groups, and group dynamics, with a H-index of 97. She recently co-authored Sage’s Together apart: The psychology of COVID-19 (2020) and was presented the Lifetime Achievement Award from the European Association of Social Psychology in part for being ‘an incredible woman who’s been at the frontline for true social change against injustice…[and] for representing the people who have not had much space in academia so far’ (Tweet/X here). Hema Preya Selvanathan is a Lecturer in Social Psychology at the University of Queensland. She is a Malaysian ECR whose research has been published in leading journals including The Leadership Quarterly, Political Psychology, and British Journal of Social Psychology, with a particular focus on advancing the understanding of social change.
