INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CONTROL: ALTERNATIVE CONTROL STRATEGIES AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES
In: Political psychology: journal of the International Society of Political Psychology, Band 7, Heft 2, S. 369-376
ISSN: 0162-895X
RESEARCH INTO THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CONTROL HAS REVEALED THAT CONTROL NEEDS ARE KEY ELEMENTS OF INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONING. THIS PAPER ARGUES THAT A "NEED FOR CONTROL" FRAMEWORK IS ALSO USEFUL FOR UNDERSTANDING ACTIONS AND IDEOLOGIES AT THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS. IT CRITICALLY ANALYZES PREVALENT STRATEGIES FOR EXERTING CONTROL IN THIS DOMAIN AND PROPOSES ALTARNATIVE STRAEGIES WHICH PERMIT GREATER FULFILLMENT OF CONTROL NEEDS. THESE ALTERNATIVES EMERGE FROM AN EXAMINATION OF POTENTIAL SIMILARITIES BETWEEN SATISFACTION OF CONTROL NEEDS WITHIN THE SEPARATE BUT PARALLEL DOMAINS OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS.