Social Psychology of Everyday Politics

Caroline Howarth is Associate Professor in Social Psychology at the London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, UK.Eleni Andreouli is Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the Open University, UK.

• 1: Everyday multiculturalism as critical nationalism 2: Political leadership and social diversity: The everyday politics of race and gender 3: Everyday politics, everyday racism: Censure and management of racist talk 4: Essence Politics: Identity work and stereotyping in inter-group relations 5: The social and political psychology of globalisation and global identities Commentary on Part 1: Politics, identities and social representations in multicultural societies 6: Citizenship and social psychology: an analysis of constructions of Greek citizenship 7: Identity, Emotion and Mobilisation 8: Resistance and transformation in postcolonial contexts 9: Everyday reconciliation 10: Climate change activism between weak and strong environmentalism: advocating social change with moderate argumentation strategies? Commentary on Part 2: Culture, narrative and the everyday dynamics of identity 11: The precariat, everyday life and objects of despair 12: Public Opinion and the problem of information 13: Everyday politics and the extreme right: Lay explanations of the electoral performance of the neo-Nazi political party ‘Golden Dawn’ in Greece 14: Political beliefs and political behaviour 15: Social Policy in everyday contexts Commentary on Part 3: Political discourse and practice Conclusion: The social psychology of everyday politics: Beyond binaries and Banality