Political Plasticity

Fathali M. Moghaddam is Professor of Psychology at Georgetown University, USA, where he served as Director of the Interdisciplinary Program in Cognitive Science (2016–2021). He was Editor-in-Chief of the APA journal Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology (2014–2021). His most recent books include How Psychologists Failed: We Neglected the Poor and Minorities, Favored the Rich and Privileged and Got Science Wrong (Cambridge, 2023). He has won a number of prestigious academic awards.

• List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Political plasticity, the key to understanding the future of democracy and dictatorship; 2. Hard-wiring inside and outside people; Part I. Political Plasticity and Behavioral Continuity: 3. Why do leaders still exist? Leadership and followership; 4. Rich and poor – still just as different; 5. Ethnicity is forever; 6. Religion, eternally present but with a thousand faces; 7. The built environment and behavioral continuity; Part II. Change Agents, in Theory and Practice: 8. Revolutions and political plasticity; 9. War as transformative; 10. Technology forces change; 11. Globalization and deglobalization; Part III. Looking Ahead: 12. The eternal dictator and political plasticity; Afterword. Lessons learned: The example of women in education; Notes; References; Index.