Social Identity Theory and Self-Categorisation Theory
Year: 2014
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: Political behaviour always involves social groups, whether these take the form of concrete networks and gatherings of individuals such as pressure groups, demonstrations, governments, cadres or committees, or whether they are constituted as large-scale institutions or imagined communities (Anderson, 1991) such as polities, states, political parties, interest groups, publics, constituencies or electorates. In so far as social groups are central to politics, it follows that the psychology of groups should be relevant to our understanding of political psychology. Social Identity Theory (SIT) and Self-Categorisation Theory (SCT) represent major theoretical attempts to clarify the social-psychological processes associated with group membership and action and should, therefore, be in a good position to provide a significant contribution to that understanding. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
Source: Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks
Authors: Denis Sindic, Susan Condor
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2279506144