Understanding Critical Social Psychology

Keith Tuffin

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Year: 2004
• Print ISBN: 9780761954972, 9780761954965
• eBook ISBN: 9781446239407
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Social Psychology
• Index: Psychology

`This is a thoughtful, honest and accessible text which I would certainly recommend to students. The chapter ordering is excellent and should take the student through a logical progression from the more established to the more contemporary approaches in social psychology? - Ian Hodges, Westminster University

`It is written in a beautifully clear, engaging and conversational style which will make the book accessible and appealing to those encountering critical ideas for the first time.... Students will find the book both interesting and easy to read, and their lecturers will find it a valuable teaching resource. I will certainly be recommending it to my second and third year undergraduates? - Viv Burr, University of Huddersfield

Understanding Critical Social Psychology is an exciting new textbook providing a comprehensive and reader-friendly approach to the theories and methods surrounding Critical Social Psychology. For students taking a course in Critical Social Psychology, this book combines a critical examination of the traditional philosophies, practices and topics with an emphasis on introducing innovative and contemporary developments in social psychological research. In this way, Tuffin integrates newer insights with established modes of thinking.

Key Features of this book include:

" Student-friendly structure - contains numerous features suitable for undergraduate course use such as section summaries, further reading and a tutorial which answers students? questions about critical social psychology.

" Broad framework - Positions newer insights in relation to the historical, theoretical and ideological roots of social psychology. Ideal for students taking a Critical Social Psychology module having already studied a mainstream course.

" Applied focus - Understanding Critical Social Psychology tackles key themes in the discipline i.e. prejudice, politics, identity and emotions from critical perspectives.

Written in a clear and accessible style, with illustrative data, detailed chapter summaries and key readings at the end of each section, it will be welcomed by undergraduates seeking to develop their understanding of critical social psychology.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Dedication
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Prologue
• 1 Experimentation and the Social World
• 2 From the Shadows of the Hard Sciences
• 3 Alternative Social Worlds
• 4 New Social Psychology: Discursive Work
• 5 Prejudice, Discrimination and Racism
• 6 Emotion, Identity and Politics
• Epilogue
• Glossary
• References
• Name Index
• Subject Index