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Peace Psychology Book Series Series Editor: Daniel J. Christie Shelley McKeown Reeshma Haji Neil Ferguson Editors Understanding Peace and Confl ict Through Social Identity Theory Contemporary Global Perspectives Peace Psychology Book Series Series Editor Daniel J. Christie More information about this series at h ttp://www.springer.com/series/7298 Shelley McKeown • Reeshma Haji Neil Ferguson Editors Understanding Peace and Confl ict Through Social Identity Theory Contemporary Global Perspectives Editors Shelley McKeown Reeshma Haji Graduate School of Education Department of Psychology University of Bristol Laurentian University Bristol , UK Barrie , Ontario , Canada Neil Ferguson Department of Psychology Liverpool Hope University Liverpool , Merseyside , UK ISSN 2197-5779 ISSN 2197-5787 (electronic) Peace Psychology Book Series ISBN 978-3-319-29867-2 ISBN 978-3-319-29869-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-29869-6 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016938529 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 T his work is subject to copyright. 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Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland Acknowledgements This book would have not be possible without the help and support from so many of our colleagues and friends. In particular, we would like to express our sincerest gratitude to Dan Christie for his suggestion to contribute to the Peace Psychology Book Series and for his continued support throughout the editing of this book. We would also like to extend thanks to the two anonymous reviewers of our proposal and to Claire Campbell, Banu Cingöz, Janelle Jones, Laura K. Taylor, Christopher Cohrs, Manuela Thomae, Eve Binks, Juliet Wakefi eld, Amanda Williams, and Huseyin Cakal, who gave up their free time to review chapter abstracts and offer valuable feedback. Our thanks also goes to Victoria Weatherston, who helped for- mat the chapters, conducted consistency checks, and developed our list of keywords. We would also like to acknowledge our respective institutions: the University of Bristol (the academic home of Henri Tajfel), Laurentian University (particularly Laurentian University Research Fund), and Liverpool Hope University for their support in helping us to get this book past the post. Last but not least, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to every one of our authors who contributed their expertise to this book. You have been a pleasure to work with. v Contents Social Identity and Peace Psychology: An Introduction ............................. xv Reeshma Haji, Shelley McKeown, and Neil Ferguson Part I Theoretical and Contemporary Issues 1 Social Identity Theory ............................................................................ 3 Michael A. Hogg 2 Towards a Clearer Understanding of Social Identity Theory’s Self-Esteem Hypothesis .......................................................... 19 Sarah E. Martiny and Mark Rubin 3 Between the Lines of Us and Them: Identity Threat, Anxious Uncertainty, and Reactive In-Group Affirmation: How Can Antisocial Outcomes be Prevented? ..................................... 33 Adrian Lüders , Eva Jonas , Immo Fritsche , and Dimitrij Agroskin 4 Identity and Acculturation Processes in Multicultural Societies ....................................................................... 55 Sofi a Stathi and Claudia Roscini 5 Tyranny and Leadership ........................................................................ 71 Stephen Reicher , S. Alexander Haslam , Michael Platow , and Nik Steffens 6 Crowd Behaviour and Collective Action ............................................... 89 Stephen T. La Macchia and Winnifred R. Louis 7 Reintegration of Child Soldiers: The Role of Social Identity in the Recruitment and Reintegration of Child Soldiers ..................... 105 Michael G. Wessells vii viii Contents 8 Symbolic Reminders of Identity ............................................................ 121 Rebekah A. Phillips DeZalia and Scott L. Moeschberger 9 Identity and Psychological Health ......................................................... 135 Orla T. Muldoon , Robert D. Lowe , and Katharina Schmid 10 Global Climate Change: A Social Identity Perspective on Informational and Structural Interventions ................................... 145 Mark A. Ferguson , Rachel I. McDonald , and Nyla R. Branscombe Part II Worldwide Perspectives 11 Social Identity Theory as a Theory of Change: The Case of South Africa ........................................................................ 167 Ines Meyer , Kevin Durrheim , and Don Foster 12 Social Identity and Conflict in Northern Uganda ................................ 185 Grace Lapwoch and Kennedy Amone-P’Olak 13 Representations of Social Identities in Rwanda ................................... 199 Sigrun Marie Moss 14 Social Identity Theory and Intergroup Conflict in Northern Ireland ................................................................................. 215 Neil Ferguson and Shelley McKeown 15 Social Identity in a Divided Cyprus ...................................................... 229 Charis Psaltis and Huseyin Cakal 16 Building National Identity in Newborn Kosovo: Challenges of Integrating National Identity with Ethnic Identity Among Kosovar Albanians and Kosovar Serbs ..................... 245 Edona Maloku , Belle Derks , Colette Van Laar , and Naomi Ellemers 17 Canada, a Fertile Ground for Intergroup Relations and Social Identity Theory ..................................................................... 261 Richard N. Lalonde , Jorida Cila , and Maya Yampolsky 18 Social Identities and Conflict in Chile: The Role of Historical and Political Processes ............................................................................ 277 Roberto González , Monica M. Gerber , and Héctor Carvacho 19 Identity, Contact, and Health Among Majority and Minority Ethnic Groups in Mexico and Chile .............................. 295 Anja Eller , Huseyin Cakal , and David Sirlopu 20 Social Identity and Peace in the Modern Middle East: Insights from the United Arab Emirates............................................... 317 Angela T. Maitner and Robert Stewart-Ingersoll Contents ix 21 Collective and Social Identities in Philippine Peacebuilding: Does a Superordinate Bangsamoro Social Identity Mediate the Effects of Collective Ethnic Identity? .............................. 333 Cristina Jayme Montiel , Ma. Elizabeth J. Macapagal , and Jose Jowel Canuday 22 “Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi”: Situating and Understanding Social Identities in Australia ................................ 349 Siew Fang Law and Cynthia Mackenzie 23 Conclusion: The Next Voyage ................................................................ 367 Shelley McKeown , Neil Ferguson, and Reeshma Haji Erratum to: Social Identity and Conflict in Northern Uganda .................. E1 Index ................................................................................................................. 375 Contributors Dimitrij Agroskin University of Salzburg , Salzburg , Austria Kennedy Amone-P’Olak University of Botswana , Gaborone , Botswana Nyla R. Branscombe University of Kansas , Lawrence , KS , USA Huseyin Cakal University of Exeter , Exeter , UK Jose Jowel Canuday Ateneo De Manila University , Quezon City , Philippines Héctor Carvacho P. Universidad Católica de Chile , Santiago , Chile Jorida Cila York University , Toronto , ON , Canada Belle Derks University of Utrecht, The Netherlands Kevin Durrheim University of Kwa-Zulu Natal , Durban , South Africa Naomi Ellemers University of Utrecht, The Netherlands Anja Eller National Autonomous University of Mexico , Mexico City , Mexico Mark A. Ferguson University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point , Stevens Point , WI , USA Neil Ferguson Liverpool Hope University , Liverpool , UK Don Foster University of Cape Town , Cape Town , South Africa Immo Fritsche University of Leipzig , Leipzig , Germany Monica M. Gerber Escuela de Sociología, Universidad Diego Portales , Santiago , Chile Roberto González P. Universidad Católica de Chile , Santiago , Chile Reeshma Haji Laurentian University , Barrie , ON , Canada S. Alexander Haslam University of Queensland , Brisbane , QLD , Australia Michael A. Hogg Claremont Graduate University , Claremont , CA , USA xi xii Contributors Eva Jonas University of Salzburg , Salzburg , Austria Richard N. Lalonde York University , Toronto , ON , Canada Grace Lapwoch University of Ulster, School of Psychology, Coleraine , Northern Ireland, UK Siew Fang Law Victoria University , Melbourne , VIC, Australia Winnifred R. Louis University of Queensland , St Lucia , QLD , Australia Robert D. Lowe Manchester Metropolitan University , Manchester , UK Adrian Lüders University of Salzburg , Salzburg , Austria Ma. Elizabeth J. Macapagal Ateneo De Manila University , Quezon City , Philippines Stephen T. La Macchia University of Queensland , St Lucia , QLD , Australia Cynthia Mackenzie Victoria University , Melbourne , VIC, Australia Angela T. Maitner American University of Sharjah , Sharjah , United Arab Emirates Edona Maloku Leiden University , Leiden , The Netherlands Sarah E. Martiny UiT The Arctic University of Norway , Tromsø , Norway Rachel I. McDonald University of Kansas , Lawrence , KS , USA Shelley McKeown University of Bristol , Bristol , UK Ines Meyer University of Cape Town , Rondebosch , South Africa Scott L. Moeschberger Taylor University , Upland , IN , USA Cristina Jayme Montiel Ateneo De Manila University , Quezon City , Philippines Sigrun Marie Moss Department of Psychology , University of Oslo , Oslo , Norway Orla T. Muldoon University of Limerick , Limerick , Ireland Rebekah A . Phillips DeZalia Coastal Carolina Community College , Jacksonville , NC , USA Michael Platow Australian National University , Canberra , ACT , Australia Charis Psaltis University of Cyprus , Nicosia , Cyprus Stephen Reicher University of St. Andrews , Fife , UK Claudia Roscini University of Greenwich , London , UK Mark Rubin The University of Newcastle , Newcastle , NSW , Australia Katharina Schmid University of Oxford , Oxford , UK David Sirlopu Universidad del Desarrollo , Santiago , Chile
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