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Mapping the territory where political science and psychology intersect, Explorations in Political Psychology offers a broad overview of the the field of political psychology--from itshistorical evolution as an area of inquiry to the rich and eclectic array of theories, concepts, and methods that mark it as an emerging discipline. In introductory essays, editors Shanto Iyengar and William J. McGuire identify the points of exchange between the disciplines represented and discuss the issues that make up the subfields of political psychology. Bringing together leading scholars from social psychology and political science, the following sections discuss attitude research (the study of political attitudes and opinions); cognition and information-processing (the relationship between the structures of human information-processing and political and policy preferences); and decision making (how people make decisions about political preferences). As a comprehensive introduction to a growing field of interdisciplinary concern, Explorations in Political Psychology will prove a useful guide for historians, social psychologists, and political scientists with an interest in individual political behavior. Contributors. Stephen Ansolabehere, Donald Granberg, Shanto Iyengar, Robert Jervis, Milton Lodge, Roger D. Masters, William J. McGuire, Victor C. Ottati, Samuel L. Popkin, William M. Runyan, David O. Sears, Patrick Stroh, Denis G. Sullivan, Philip E. Tetlock, Robert S. Wyer, Jr.

One hundred years ago, if we proposed that we could make you happy with a pill, we would have been ridiculed and would have entered the realm of science fiction and not science itself. Yet that is precisely where we are today. The genetics and neurobiological revolution is upon us, and we advocate that political psychology not simply join this revolution but take a lead role in it. Here in this review, we explore the various ways in which political psychology can embrace this revolution and incorporate work in neuropsychology, cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry, endocrinology, and recent advances in genetics. In doing so, we advocate the adoption of an epidemiological approach and discuss the ways in which various methods including physiological experimentation, genetic analysis, and neurological explorations including MRIs and other technical advances provide critical insight into human behavior and present intriguing possibilities for exploring the nature of political attitudes, attachments, and behaviors. In advocating for broadening the approaches used in the field, we reflect critically on how we might improve and strengthen the accuracy of our understanding of the psychological bases of political preferences and behavior in the future.

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.