Thomas A. Morton is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Exeter, UK. His research focuses on how people experience and express their social identities, and the strategic considerations and reality constraints that govern these processes. His work on this theme has covered such topics as conflict and forgiveness, intragroup processes, deviance and change, prejudice, and stereotyping. He is currently Associate Editor for the British Journal of Social Psychology.  Kai J. Jonas is Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He studied social sciences and mathematics at the University of Gottingen, Germany. Since 2008 he has been tenured assistant professor at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, publishing in international journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. He has also developed, implemented and documented applied intervention programs.

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• Notes on Contributors ix Series Editor’s Preface xix1 Introduction 1Kai J. Jonas and Thomas A. MortonPart I Theoretical Approaches 172 Justice Sensitivity as Resource or Risk Factor in Civic Engagement 19Anna Baumert, Nadine Thomas, and Manfred Schmitt3 Regulating Psychological Threat: The Motivational Consequences of Threatening Contexts 38Bastiaan T. Rutjens, Joop van der Pligt, and Frenk van Harreveld4 Prosocial Behavior in the Context of Crisis 57Kai J. Jonas5 A Social Ecological Perspective on Risk and Resilience for Children and Political Violence: Implications for Restoring Civil Societies 78E. Mark Cummings, Laura K. Taylor, and Christine E. Merrilees6 Everyday Helping and Responses to Crises: A Model for Understanding Volunteerism 98Allen M. Omoto, Mark Snyder, and Justin D. Hackett7 Collective Action as Civic Engagement: Toward an Encompassing Psychological Perspective 119Martijn van Zomeren, Tom Postmes, and Russell Spears8 Intergroup Relations in Post-Conflict Contexts: How the Past Influences the Present (and Future) 135John F. Dovidio, Samuel L. Gaertner, Ruth K. Ditlmann, and Tessa V. West9 Humanizing Others Without Normalizing Harm: The Role of Human Concepts and Categories in Intergroup Reconciliation and Forgiveness 156Thomas A. Morton, Matthew J. Hornsey, and Tom PostmesPart II Application and Intervention 17510 Social Rituals and Collective Expression of Emotion After a Collective Trauma: Participation in Gacaca and Assimilation of the Rwandan Genocide 177Bernard Rimé, Patrick Kanyangara, Dario Paez, and Vincent Yzerbyt11 Competitive Victimhood Among Jewish and Palestinian Israelis Reflects Differential Threats to Their Identities: The Perspective of the Needs-Based Model 192Nurit Shnabel and Masi Noor12 Identity, Conflict, and the Experience of Trauma: The Social Psychology of Intervention and Engagement Following Political Violence 208Orla T. Muldoon and Robert D. Lowe13 Divided by a Common Language? Conceptualizing Identity, Discrimination, and Alienation 222Leda M. Blackwood, Nick Hopkins, and Stephen D. Reicher14 Civil Society Responses to the HIV/AIDS Crisis: The Role of Social Representations in Shaping Collective and Individual Action 237Stefan St€urmer and Birte Siem15 Opinion-Based Groups and the Restoration of Civil Society 250Craig McGarty, Girish Lala, and Emma Thomas16 Moral Courage Training Programs as a Means of Overcoming Societal Crises 265Veronika Brandst€atter and Kai J. Jonas17 Media as an Instrument for Reconstructing Communities Following Conflict 284Elizabeth Levy PaluckIndex 299

Thomas A. Morton is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Exeter, UK. His research focuses on how people experience and express their social identities, and the strategic considerations and reality constraints that govern these processes. His work on this theme has covered such topics as conflict and forgiveness, intragroup processes, deviance and change, prejudice, and stereotyping. He is currently Associate Editor for the British Journal of Social Psychology.  Kai J. Jonas is Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He studied social sciences and mathematics at the University of Gottingen, Germany. Since 2008 he has been tenured assistant professor at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, publishing in international journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. He has also developed, implemented and documented applied intervention programs.

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• Notes on Contributors ix Series Editor’s Preface xix1 Introduction 1Kai J. Jonas and Thomas A. MortonPart I Theoretical Approaches 172 Justice Sensitivity as Resource or Risk Factor in Civic Engagement 19Anna Baumert, Nadine Thomas, and Manfred Schmitt3 Regulating Psychological Threat: The Motivational Consequences of Threatening Contexts 38Bastiaan T. Rutjens, Joop van der Pligt, and Frenk van Harreveld4 Prosocial Behavior in the Context of Crisis 57Kai J. Jonas5 A Social Ecological Perspective on Risk and Resilience for Children and Political Violence: Implications for Restoring Civil Societies 78E. Mark Cummings, Laura K. Taylor, and Christine E. Merrilees6 Everyday Helping and Responses to Crises: A Model for Understanding Volunteerism 98Allen M. Omoto, Mark Snyder, and Justin D. Hackett7 Collective Action as Civic Engagement: Toward an Encompassing Psychological Perspective 119Martijn van Zomeren, Tom Postmes, and Russell Spears8 Intergroup Relations in Post-Conflict Contexts: How the Past Influences the Present (and Future) 135John F. Dovidio, Samuel L. Gaertner, Ruth K. Ditlmann, and Tessa V. West9 Humanizing Others Without Normalizing Harm: The Role of Human Concepts and Categories in Intergroup Reconciliation and Forgiveness 156Thomas A. Morton, Matthew J. Hornsey, and Tom PostmesPart II Application and Intervention 17510 Social Rituals and Collective Expression of Emotion After a Collective Trauma: Participation in Gacaca and Assimilation of the Rwandan Genocide 177Bernard Rimé, Patrick Kanyangara, Dario Paez, and Vincent Yzerbyt11 Competitive Victimhood Among Jewish and Palestinian Israelis Reflects Differential Threats to Their Identities: The Perspective of the Needs-Based Model 192Nurit Shnabel and Masi Noor12 Identity, Conflict, and the Experience of Trauma: The Social Psychology of Intervention and Engagement Following Political Violence 208Orla T. Muldoon and Robert D. Lowe13 Divided by a Common Language? Conceptualizing Identity, Discrimination, and Alienation 222Leda M. Blackwood, Nick Hopkins, and Stephen D. Reicher14 Civil Society Responses to the HIV/AIDS Crisis: The Role of Social Representations in Shaping Collective and Individual Action 237Stefan St€urmer and Birte Siem15 Opinion-Based Groups and the Restoration of Civil Society 250Craig McGarty, Girish Lala, and Emma Thomas16 Moral Courage Training Programs as a Means of Overcoming Societal Crises 265Veronika Brandst€atter and Kai J. Jonas17 Media as an Instrument for Reconstructing Communities Following Conflict 284Elizabeth Levy PaluckIndex 299

Thomas A. Morton is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Exeter, UK. His research focuses on how people experience and express their social identities, and the strategic considerations and reality constraints that govern these processes. His work on this theme has covered such topics as conflict and forgiveness, intragroup processes, deviance and change, prejudice, and stereotyping. He is currently Associate Editor for the British Journal of Social Psychology.  Kai J. Jonas is Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He studied social sciences and mathematics at the University of Gottingen, Germany. Since 2008 he has been tenured assistant professor at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, publishing in international journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. He has also developed, implemented and documented applied intervention programs.

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• Notes on Contributors ix Series Editor’s Preface xix1 Introduction 1Kai J. Jonas and Thomas A. MortonPart I Theoretical Approaches 172 Justice Sensitivity as Resource or Risk Factor in Civic Engagement 19Anna Baumert, Nadine Thomas, and Manfred Schmitt3 Regulating Psychological Threat: The Motivational Consequences of Threatening Contexts 38Bastiaan T. Rutjens, Joop van der Pligt, and Frenk van Harreveld4 Prosocial Behavior in the Context of Crisis 57Kai J. Jonas5 A Social Ecological Perspective on Risk and Resilience for Children and Political Violence: Implications for Restoring Civil Societies 78E. Mark Cummings, Laura K. Taylor, and Christine E. Merrilees6 Everyday Helping and Responses to Crises: A Model for Understanding Volunteerism 98Allen M. Omoto, Mark Snyder, and Justin D. Hackett7 Collective Action as Civic Engagement: Toward an Encompassing Psychological Perspective 119Martijn van Zomeren, Tom Postmes, and Russell Spears8 Intergroup Relations in Post-Conflict Contexts: How the Past Influences the Present (and Future) 135John F. Dovidio, Samuel L. Gaertner, Ruth K. Ditlmann, and Tessa V. West9 Humanizing Others Without Normalizing Harm: The Role of Human Concepts and Categories in Intergroup Reconciliation and Forgiveness 156Thomas A. Morton, Matthew J. Hornsey, and Tom PostmesPart II Application and Intervention 17510 Social Rituals and Collective Expression of Emotion After a Collective Trauma: Participation in Gacaca and Assimilation of the Rwandan Genocide 177Bernard Rimé, Patrick Kanyangara, Dario Paez, and Vincent Yzerbyt11 Competitive Victimhood Among Jewish and Palestinian Israelis Reflects Differential Threats to Their Identities: The Perspective of the Needs-Based Model 192Nurit Shnabel and Masi Noor12 Identity, Conflict, and the Experience of Trauma: The Social Psychology of Intervention and Engagement Following Political Violence 208Orla T. Muldoon and Robert D. Lowe13 Divided by a Common Language? Conceptualizing Identity, Discrimination, and Alienation 222Leda M. Blackwood, Nick Hopkins, and Stephen D. Reicher14 Civil Society Responses to the HIV/AIDS Crisis: The Role of Social Representations in Shaping Collective and Individual Action 237Stefan St€urmer and Birte Siem15 Opinion-Based Groups and the Restoration of Civil Society 250Craig McGarty, Girish Lala, and Emma Thomas16 Moral Courage Training Programs as a Means of Overcoming Societal Crises 265Veronika Brandst€atter and Kai J. Jonas17 Media as an Instrument for Reconstructing Communities Following Conflict 284Elizabeth Levy PaluckIndex 299