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The International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP) is: an interdisciplinary not-for-profit organization, representing all fields of enquiry involved with the: exploration of relationships between both psychological and "political processes and phenomena." Members include psychologists, "political scientists," psychiatrists, historians, sociologists, economists, anthropologists, as well as journalists, government officials and others. The Society is international, with members from all regions of theββworld: the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East. And Africa. The Central Office is located in North Carolina, USA. Throughout its history, the ISPP has offered encouragement to those who actively engaged in a wide spectrum of disciplinary approaches to political psychology. Members receive the "Society's journal," Political Psychology and also access to the annual Advances in Political Psychology; ISPPNews, the Society's newsletter; reduced registration fees at ISPP's Annual Scientific Meeting; occasional discounts on non-ISPP publications; and voting privileges. ISPP has the following stated aims:
- To establish a community which has an interest in examining the relationship between political and psychological phenomena;
- To facilitate communication across boundaries;
- To increase the significance of political psychology;
- To provide support amongst members in order to generate and disseminate their findings and ideas.
In January 1978, the International Society of Political Psychology was founded by Jeanne N. Knutson of the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles. Since that time, the Society has grown to over 1,000 members who share this area of scholarly interest.
Annual meetingβ»
Each meeting since the first one in New York City in September 1978 has involved a four-day program of workshops, panel discussions, invited addresses, and special events. Society meetings generally offer over 100 panels, round tables, and workshops, with over 300 presentations. In 2011, ISPP also initiated its Summer Academy during three days preceding the annual meeting. The Summer Academy aims to train interested faculty and students in both foundational and cutting-edge research in the area of political psychology. The locations of the Summer Academy and annual meetings rotate between North America, Europe and other locations around the globe.
Journalβ»
The Society publishes its own journal, Political Psychology. The journal of the International Society of Political Psychology is dedicated to the analysis of the interrelationships between psychological and political processes. International contributors draw on a diverse range of sources, including cognitive psychology, political science, economics, history, international relations, philosophy, political theory, sociology, and social and clinical psychology.
Advances in Political Psychologyβ»
The second publication of the International Society of Political Psychology, Advances in Political Psychology is published once each year.
Presidentsβ»
The presidents of the International Society of Political Psychology have been:
- Robert E. Lane (1978β1979)
- Seymour Martin Lipset (1979β1980)
- Philip Converse (1980β1981)
- Morton Deutsch (1981β1982)
- James MacGregor Burns (1982β1983)
- Vamik D. Volkan (1983β1984)
- Stanley Hoffman (1984β1985)
- Herbert C. Kelman (1985β1986)
- Hans-Dieter Klingemann (1986β1987)
- Margaret G. Hermann (1987β1988)
- Ralph K. White (1988β1989)
- M. Kent Jennings (1989β1990)
- Roberta Sigel (1990β1991)
- John E. Mack (1991β1992)
- Tom Bryder (1992β1993)
- Betty Glad (1993β1994)
- David O. Sears (1994β1995)
- Doris Graber (1995β1996)
- Fred Greenstein (1996β1997)
- Martha Crenshaw (1997β1998)
- David G. Winter (1998β1999)
- Daniel Bar-Tal (1999β2000)
- Ervin Staub (2000β2001)
- Helen Haste (2001β2002)
- Stanley Renshon (2002β2003)
- Richard Ned Lebow (2003β2004)
- Janusz Reykowski [pl] (2004β2005)
- Maritza Montero (2005β2006)
- George Marcus (2006β2007)
- Kristen Monroe (2007β2008)
- Cheryl Koopman (2008β2009)
- Sam McFarland (2009β2010)
- Leonie Huddy (2010β2011)
- Bert Klandermans (2011β2012)
- Rose McDermott (2012β2013)
- Stanley Feldman (2013β2014)
- Paul Nesbitt-Larking (2014β2015)
- John Jost (2015β2016)
- Katherine J. Reynolds (2016β2017)
- Eva G. T. Green (2017β2018)
- David P. Redlawsk (2018β2019)
- Nicholas Valentino (2019β2020)
- Felicia Pratto (2020β2021)
Referencesβ»
- ^ Modesto Bee
- ^ Kristen Renwick Monroe; William Chiu; Adam Martin and; Bridgette Portman (December 2009). "What Is Political Psychology?". Perspectives on Politics. 7 (4): 859β882.
- ^ "Current and Past Officers of ISPP" (PDF). International Society of Political Psychology. February 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2020.