Pathways into Political Psychology, Challenges for the Future

What happens when some of the world's top political psychologists are asked what led them into the discipline? What do they believe their main contributions have been, and what challenges do they envision for political psychology in the years to come?Pathways in Political Psychology provides a roadmap to the paths taken by a wide collection of top political psychologists, scholars who have both created the field and changed it dramatically from within. Contributors include most former presidents of the International Society of Political Psychology, and the current and past editors of the journal Political Psychology. Some study leadership or cooperation, others study political conflicts, genocides or wars, while still others explore the links between 21st century neuroscience and the wisdom of the ancient Greeks. Editor Kristen Renwick Monroe has created a collection of essays that encompasses the wide array of ideas that have driven the field in the past decades, and the questions that will propel it forward. In collecting the stories of the discipline's most impactful thinkers, Pathways in Political Psychology displays the richness of political psychology as a crucial wing of psychological study.