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JAPAN'S CULTURE AND SOCIOECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT ARE OFTEN REGARDED AS THE MAJOR FORCES THAT AFFECT AND DETERMINE INDIVIDUAL SOCIAL AND POLITICAL BEHAVIOR. CULTURAL ASPECTS, IN PARTICULAR, INFLUENCE THE WAY THE LEADERS BEHAVE, DECISIONMAKING PROCESSES, AND VOTING BEHAVIOR. CHANGES IN THE ECONOMIC SITUATION IN RECENT DECADES HAVE AFFECTED THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ATTITUDES OF THE YOUNG GENERATION. MOREOVER, THE ROLE PLAYED BY THE NEWS MEDIA IS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR THAT CAN ALSO EXPLAIN SOME OF THE ROOTS OF POLITICAL BEHAVIOR IN JAPAN.

IN MODERN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES, IT IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO SEPARATE ECONOMIC CONCERNS FROM POLITICAL ONES. YET THE FIELD OF POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY HAS DEVELOPED RATHER INDEPENDENTLY FROM THE STUDY OF ECONOMIC PSYCHOLOGY. THIS ARTICLE CONSIDERS WHETHER THERE ARE WAYS IN WHICH THE INDIVIDUALISTIC, HIGHLY RATIONALISTIC ASSUMPTIONS THAT DOMINATE OUR ECONOMIC SYSTEM FEED BACK TO SHAPE AND LIMIT OUR PSYCHOLOGICAL INQUIRIES. IT ALSO ASKS WHETHER THESE ASSUMPTIONS LEAD US UNWITTINGLY TO ATTRIBUTE EXCESSIVE AUTONOMY TO THE ECONOMIC SPHERE AND TO FAIL TO INTEGRATE THE ECONOMIC DIMENSION INTO PSYCHOLOGICAL INQUIRIES REGARDING OUR POLITICAL LIFE. THE AUTHOR CONSIDERS THESE QUESTIONS AND APPLIES THEM TO ISSUES OF TAXATION, POVERTY, SOCIAL GENEROSITY, AND NUCLEAR WINTER.

Although a number of political psychologists are active in Canada, there has been relatively little self‐conscious development of the field. This article brings together contributions from political science and social psychology in Canada in an attempt to identify aspects of Canadian distinctiveness in the field of political psychology, notably the balance between mainstream and eclectic tendencies.

Describes ways in which political psychology can be incorporated into undergraduate course curricula. The challenges of teaching political psychology to undergraduate students are discussed, and possibilities for the content and structure of undergraduate courses in political psychology are examined in the context of active learning. Suggestions for the development of an undergraduate major in political psychology are offered. (Original abstract - amended)

THIS PAPER DESCRIBES RESEARCH IN FILIPINO POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY. PRESENTATION OF THE LITERATURE IS ORGANIZED CHRONOLOGICALLY BY MAJOR POLITICAL EVENTS THAT MARK THE DEMISE OF ONE POLITICAL SEASON AND THE BIRTH OF ANOTHER. THE POLITICAL BACKDROP INCLUDES NATIONALIST MOVEMENTS, STUDENT PROTESTS, MARTIAL LAW, SENATOR BENIGNO AQUINO'S ASSASSINATION, AND THE EDSA REVOLUTION'S SUCCESS. RESEARCH INTERESTS COVER TOPICS SUCH AS KINSHIP, SOCIALIZATION, CONFLICT, TRANSITION, AND PUBLIC OPINION SURVEYS. THE ARTICLE CONCLUDES WITH A LOOK AT POSSIBILITIES FOR FUTURE RESEARCH IN POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY IN THE PHILIPPINES.

DATA ARE PRESENTED FROM A SURVEY OF GRADUATE COURSES AND GRADUATE TRAINING PROGRAMS IN POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. COURSES LABELED "POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY" ARE OF RELATIVELY RECENT VINTAGE AND ARE OFFERED MOST OFTEN IN POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENTS. THEY GENERALLY DO NOT COVER THE ENTIRE FIELD, BUT FOCUS ON ONE OF THREE MAJOR AREAS: MASS POLITICAL BEHAVIOR, PERSONALITY AND POLITICS, OR THE PSYCHOLOGY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. MOST MAJOR POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENTS NOW OFFER COURSES IN POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY, THOUGH A CRITICAL MASS OF FACULTY EXISTS IN ONLY ABOUT 14 UNIVERSITIES. SEVEN FORMALIZED DOCTORAL TRAINING PROGRAMS EXIST WITH MULTIPLE COURSES AND FACULTY, MOST QUITE RECENT IN ORIGIN AND MOST ARE DISTINCTLY INTERDISCIPLINARY. DOCTORAL STUDIES IN POLITICAL SCIENCE OR PSYCHOLOGY CAN SPECIALIZE IN POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY, BUT NO FREE-STANDING INTERDISCIPLINARY DEGREE PROGRAMS CURRENTLY EXIST.