Understanding Peace and Conflict Through Social Identity Theory: Contemporary Global Perspectives

Social identity and peace psychology: An Introduction

Reeshma Haji, Shelley McKeown Jones and Neil Ferguson

Section 1 Theoretical and Contemporary Issues.

Part I: History and development of social identity theory

1. Social identity theory

Michael A. Hogg

2. Towards a Clearer Understanding of Social Identity Theory's Self-Esteem Hypothesis

Sarah E. Martiny and Mark Rubin

3. Between the lines of us and them: Identity threat, anxious uncertainty, and reactive ingroup affirmation - how can antisocial outcomes be prevented?

Adrian Lüders, Eva Jonas, Immo Fritsche and Dimitrij Agroskin

Part II: Social identity as a source of conflict and peace

4. Identity and Acculturation Processes in Multicultural Societies

Sofia Stathi and Claudia Roscini
5. Tyranny and leadership

Stephen Reicher, S. Alexander Haslam, Michael Platow and Nik Steffens

6. Crowd behaviour and collective action

Stephen T. La Macchia and Winnifred R. Louis

7. The Role of Social Identity in the Recruitment and Reintegration of Child Soldiers Michael G. Wessells

Part IV: Contemporary issues

8. Symbolic reminders of identity

Rebekah A. Phillips DeZalia and Scott L. Moeschberger

9. Identity and psychological health

Orla T. Muldoon, Robert D. Lowe and Katharina Schmid

10. Global Climate Change: A Social Identity Perspective on Informational and Structural Interventions

Mark A. Ferguson, Rachel I. McDonald and Nyla R. Branscombe

Section 2 Worldwide Perspectives

Part I: Africa

11. Social Identity Theory as a Theory of Change: The Case of South Africa

Ines Meyer, Kevin Durrheim and Don Foster
12. Social Identity and Conflict in Northern Uganda

Grace Lapwoch and Kennedy Amone- P'Olak

13. Representations of Social Identities in Rwanda

Sigrun Marie Moss

Part II: Europe

14. Social Identity Theory and Intergroup Conflict in Northern Ireland

Neil Ferguson and Shelley McKeown Jones

15. Social Identity in a divided Cyprus
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

Edona Maloku , Belle Derks, Colette van Laar and Naomi Ellemers

Part III: North and South America

17. Canada, a fertile ground for intergroup relations and social identity theory

Richard N. Lalonde, Jorida Cila and Maya Yampolsky

18. Social identities and conflict in Chile: the role of historical and political processes

Roberto González, Monica M. Gerber and Héctor Carvacho

19. Identity, contact, and health among majority and minority ethnic groups in Mexico and Chile
Anja Eller, Huseyin Cakal and David Sirlopu

Part IV: Asia and Australasia

20. Social Identity and Peace in the Modern Middle East: Insights from the United Arab Emirates

Angela T. Maitner and Robert Stewart-Ingersoll

21. Collective and social identities in Philippine peacebuilding: Does a superordinate Bangsamoro social identity mediate the effects of collective ethnic identity? 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.
Siew Fang Law and Cynthia Mackenzie

Conclusion: The next voyage

Shelley McKeown Jones, Neil Ferguson and Reeshma Haji