Understanding Peace and Conflict Through Social Identity Theory Cont

This volume brings together perspectives on social identity and peace psychology to explore the role that categorization plays in both conflict and peace-building. To do so, it draws leading scholars from across the world in a comprehensive exploration of

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Shelley McKeown Reeshma Haji Neil Ferguson Editors

Understanding Peace and Conflict Through Social Identity Theory Contemporary Global Perspectives

Peace Psychology Book Series

Series Editor Daniel J. Christie

More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/7298

Shelley McKeown • Reeshma Haji Neil Ferguson Editors

Understanding Peace and Conflict Through Social Identity Theory Contemporary Global Perspectives

Editors Shelley McKeown Graduate School of Education University of Bristol Bristol, UK

Reeshma Haji Department of Psychology Laurentian University 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 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. 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 Wakefield, 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 format the chapters, conducted consistency checks, and developed our list of keywords. We would also like