Understanding Angry Groups
Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Their Motivations and Effects on Society
Published on 23. January 2017
Book
Hardback
456 pages
978-1-4408-3350-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book examines the dynamics that lead to anger in individuals, within groups, and between groups; identifies the role of the media in angry group behavior; and offers solutions for dealing with angry groups and channeling that negative energy in positive ways.
In today's society, we see angry groups in many forms-from animal rights and climate crisis activists to citizens opposed to allowing more immigrants of certain ethnicities or religions into the country, militia groups frustrated by acts of domestic terrorism and legislation that limits gun ownership and the ability to carry weapons in public, and those outraged by what they see as police brutality or the unnecessary use of deadly force against people of color.
More than just evidence of civil unrest in society, angry groups across history and nations often ultimately affect our politics and our government, for better or worse, and sometimes result in injury, bloodshed, or financial costs that hit otherwise-uninvolved taxpayers. This book demonstrates how people across our nation are involved in, affected by, or harmed by angry groups; covers historical and modern perspectives on angry groups; ands offers suggestions for predicting and influencing the expression of angry group behavior. It provides readers with an understanding of such conflicts and of their origins and dynamics that may offer insights to successful resolution, and it identifies strategies that can reduce the suffering that comes from such conflicts.
In today's society, we see angry groups in many forms-from animal rights and climate crisis activists to citizens opposed to allowing more immigrants of certain ethnicities or religions into the country, militia groups frustrated by acts of domestic terrorism and legislation that limits gun ownership and the ability to carry weapons in public, and those outraged by what they see as police brutality or the unnecessary use of deadly force against people of color.
More than just evidence of civil unrest in society, angry groups across history and nations often ultimately affect our politics and our government, for better or worse, and sometimes result in injury, bloodshed, or financial costs that hit otherwise-uninvolved taxpayers. This book demonstrates how people across our nation are involved in, affected by, or harmed by angry groups; covers historical and modern perspectives on angry groups; ands offers suggestions for predicting and influencing the expression of angry group behavior. It provides readers with an understanding of such conflicts and of their origins and dynamics that may offer insights to successful resolution, and it identifies strategies that can reduce the suffering that comes from such conflicts.
Reviews / Votes
This book does an excellent job of combining insights from neuroscience, sociology, history, and political science to explain the phenomena of past and current group behavior and philosophy both nationally and globally. VERDICT Although this quality work has a scholarly bent and would most appeal to undergraduates, general readers will also be well served by the -timeliness of this thought-provoking material. * Library Journal *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
845 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4408-3350-2 (9781440833502)
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Susan C. Cloninger | Steven A. Leibo
Understanding Angry Groups
Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Their Motivations and Effects on Society
E-Book
01/2017
1st Edition
Praeger Publishers Inc
€82.99
Available for download
Susan C. Cloninger | Steven A. Leibo
Understanding Angry Groups
Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Their Motivations and Effects on Society
E-Book
01/2017
1st Edition
Praeger Publishers Inc
€82.99
Available for download
Persons
Susan C. Cloninger, PhD, is professor emerita of psychology at The Sage Colleges, Troy and Albany, NY, where she taught for 36 years before retiring.
Steven A. Leibo, PhD, is professor of international history and politics at Russell Sage College in Troy, NY, and associate in research at Harvard University.
Steven A. Leibo, PhD, is professor of international history and politics at Russell Sage College in Troy, NY, and associate in research at Harvard University.
Content
Introduction
Susan C. Cloninger and Steven A. Leibo
Section I From the Social Sciences and the Humanities
Chapter 1 The Role of Individual Differences in Inciting Anger and Social Action
Donald A. Saucier, Russell J. Webster, Conor J. O'Dea, and Stuart S. Miller
Chapter 2 Attributions to Prejudice: Collective Anger and Action
Stuart S. Miller, Amanda L. Martens, and Donald A. Saucier
Chapter 3 Moving toward Extremism: Group Polarization in the Laboratory and the World
Jarryd Willis
Chapter 4 The Anger of Women Warriors
Kate Dahlstedt
Chapter 5 Warrior Rage: The Many Dimensions of Anger in Our Military and Veterans
Kate Dahlstedt and Edward Tick
Chapter 6 "A Bad Counselor": Anger in the Bible
David A. Salomon
Chapter 7 Anger and Conflict in Cinema
Rob Edelman
Chapter 8 Anger, Connection, and Activism: Coming of Age in Harry Potter
Sybillyn Jennings
Section II From a Historical to Geopolitical Context
Chapter 9 Revolution, Emigration, and Anger: Angry Exile Groups in the Aftermath of the French and Russian Revolutions
Frank Jacob
Chapter 10 The Extreme Right and Neo-Nazism in the Post-War United States
Ryan Shaffer
Chapter 11 Fighting "The System": The Turner Diaries
Carmen Celestini
Chapter 12 The Institutionalization of Political Anger: The Case of the Affordable Care Act
Terry Weiner
Chapter 13 Anger and Political Action by Cubans in Florida since 1959
Trevor Rubenzer
Chapter 14 Nixon, Latin America, and the Politics of Anger
Jeffry M. Cox
Chapter 15 The Greeks Know Anger: The Causes and Consequences of the Continuing Crisis of Capitalism in the Eurozone South
David L. Elliott
Chapter 16 Environmental Conflict, Collective Anger, and Resolution: Strategies in the Niger Delta Conflict
Olakunle M. Folami and Taiwo A. Olaiya
Chapter 17 Anger and Politics in Iran
Mohammad Amjad
Chapter 18 Burning for Independence: Anger, Violence, and the Evolution of the Tibetan Independence Movement
Jeannine Chandler
Chapter 19 The Role of Anger in the Radicalization of Terrorists
Cory Davenport
Conclusion
Steven A. Leibo and Susan C. Cloninger
About the Editors and Contributors
Index
Susan C. Cloninger and Steven A. Leibo
Section I From the Social Sciences and the Humanities
Chapter 1 The Role of Individual Differences in Inciting Anger and Social Action
Donald A. Saucier, Russell J. Webster, Conor J. O'Dea, and Stuart S. Miller
Chapter 2 Attributions to Prejudice: Collective Anger and Action
Stuart S. Miller, Amanda L. Martens, and Donald A. Saucier
Chapter 3 Moving toward Extremism: Group Polarization in the Laboratory and the World
Jarryd Willis
Chapter 4 The Anger of Women Warriors
Kate Dahlstedt
Chapter 5 Warrior Rage: The Many Dimensions of Anger in Our Military and Veterans
Kate Dahlstedt and Edward Tick
Chapter 6 "A Bad Counselor": Anger in the Bible
David A. Salomon
Chapter 7 Anger and Conflict in Cinema
Rob Edelman
Chapter 8 Anger, Connection, and Activism: Coming of Age in Harry Potter
Sybillyn Jennings
Section II From a Historical to Geopolitical Context
Chapter 9 Revolution, Emigration, and Anger: Angry Exile Groups in the Aftermath of the French and Russian Revolutions
Frank Jacob
Chapter 10 The Extreme Right and Neo-Nazism in the Post-War United States
Ryan Shaffer
Chapter 11 Fighting "The System": The Turner Diaries
Carmen Celestini
Chapter 12 The Institutionalization of Political Anger: The Case of the Affordable Care Act
Terry Weiner
Chapter 13 Anger and Political Action by Cubans in Florida since 1959
Trevor Rubenzer
Chapter 14 Nixon, Latin America, and the Politics of Anger
Jeffry M. Cox
Chapter 15 The Greeks Know Anger: The Causes and Consequences of the Continuing Crisis of Capitalism in the Eurozone South
David L. Elliott
Chapter 16 Environmental Conflict, Collective Anger, and Resolution: Strategies in the Niger Delta Conflict
Olakunle M. Folami and Taiwo A. Olaiya
Chapter 17 Anger and Politics in Iran
Mohammad Amjad
Chapter 18 Burning for Independence: Anger, Violence, and the Evolution of the Tibetan Independence Movement
Jeannine Chandler
Chapter 19 The Role of Anger in the Radicalization of Terrorists
Cory Davenport
Conclusion
Steven A. Leibo and Susan C. Cloninger
About the Editors and Contributors
Index