Table Of ContentPeace Psychology Book Series
Series Editor: Daniel J. Christie
Shelley McKeown
Reeshma Haji
Neil Ferguson Editors
Understanding
Peace and Confl ict
Through Social
Identity Theory
Contemporary Global Perspectives
Peace Psychology Book Series
Series Editor
Daniel J. Christie
More information about this series at h ttp://www.springer.com/series/7298
Shelley McKeown • Reeshma Haji
Neil Ferguson
Editors
Understanding Peace
and Confl ict Through
Social Identity Theory
Contemporary Global Perspectives
Editors
Shelley McKeown Reeshma Haji
Graduate School of Education Department of Psychology
University of Bristol Laurentian University
Bristol , UK 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
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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 Wakefi eld, 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 for-
mat the chapters, conducted consistency checks, and developed our list of keywords.
We would also like to acknowledge our respective institutions: the University of
Bristol (the academic home of Henri Tajfel), Laurentian University (particularly
Laurentian University Research Fund), and Liverpool Hope University for their
support in helping us to get this book past the post. Last but not least, we would like
to express our sincere gratitude to every one of our authors who contributed their
expertise to this book. You have been a pleasure to work with.
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Contents
Social Identity and Peace Psychology: An Introduction ............................. xv
Reeshma Haji, Shelley McKeown, and Neil Ferguson
Part I Theoretical and Contemporary Issues
1 Social Identity Theory ............................................................................ 3
Michael A. Hogg
2 Towards a Clearer Understanding of Social Identity
Theory’s Self-Esteem Hypothesis .......................................................... 19
Sarah E. Martiny and Mark Rubin
3 Between the Lines of Us and Them: Identity Threat,
Anxious Uncertainty, and Reactive In-Group Affirmation:
How Can Antisocial Outcomes be Prevented? ..................................... 33
Adrian Lüders , Eva Jonas , Immo Fritsche , and Dimitrij Agroskin
4 Identity and Acculturation Processes
in Multicultural Societies ....................................................................... 55
Sofi a Stathi and Claudia Roscini
5 Tyranny and Leadership ........................................................................ 71
Stephen Reicher , S. Alexander Haslam , Michael Platow ,
and Nik Steffens
6 Crowd Behaviour and Collective Action ............................................... 89
Stephen T. La Macchia and Winnifred R. Louis
7 Reintegration of Child Soldiers: The Role of Social Identity
in the Recruitment and Reintegration of Child Soldiers ..................... 105
Michael G. Wessells
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8 Symbolic Reminders of Identity ............................................................ 121
Rebekah A. Phillips DeZalia and Scott L. Moeschberger
9 Identity and Psychological Health ......................................................... 135
Orla T. Muldoon , Robert D. Lowe , and Katharina Schmid
10 Global Climate Change: A Social Identity Perspective
on Informational and Structural Interventions ................................... 145
Mark A. Ferguson , Rachel I. McDonald , and Nyla R. Branscombe
Part II Worldwide Perspectives
11 Social Identity Theory as a Theory of Change:
The Case of South Africa ........................................................................ 167
Ines Meyer , Kevin Durrheim , and Don Foster
12 Social Identity and Conflict in Northern Uganda ................................ 185
Grace Lapwoch and Kennedy Amone-P’Olak
13 Representations of Social Identities in Rwanda ................................... 199
Sigrun Marie Moss
14 Social Identity Theory and Intergroup Conflict
in Northern Ireland ................................................................................. 215
Neil Ferguson and Shelley McKeown
15 Social Identity in a Divided Cyprus ...................................................... 229
Charis Psaltis and Huseyin Cakal
16 Building National Identity in Newborn Kosovo:
Challenges of Integrating National Identity with Ethnic
Identity Among Kosovar Albanians and Kosovar Serbs ..................... 245
Edona Maloku , Belle Derks , Colette Van Laar ,
and Naomi Ellemers
17 Canada, a Fertile Ground for Intergroup Relations
and Social Identity Theory ..................................................................... 261
Richard N. Lalonde , Jorida Cila , and Maya Yampolsky
18 Social Identities and Conflict in Chile: The Role of Historical
and Political Processes ............................................................................ 277
Roberto González , Monica M. Gerber , and Héctor Carvacho
19 Identity, Contact, and Health Among Majority
and Minority Ethnic Groups in Mexico and Chile .............................. 295
Anja Eller , Huseyin Cakal , and David Sirlopu
20 Social Identity and Peace in the Modern Middle East:
Insights from the United Arab Emirates............................................... 317
Angela T. Maitner and Robert Stewart-Ingersoll
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21 Collective and Social Identities in Philippine Peacebuilding:
Does a Superordinate Bangsamoro Social Identity
Mediate the Effects of Collective Ethnic Identity? .............................. 333
Cristina Jayme Montiel , Ma. Elizabeth J. Macapagal ,
and Jose Jowel Canuday
22 “Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi”: Situating
and Understanding Social Identities in Australia ................................ 349
Siew Fang Law and Cynthia Mackenzie
23 Conclusion: The Next Voyage ................................................................ 367
Shelley McKeown , Neil Ferguson, and Reeshma Haji
Erratum to: Social Identity and Conflict in Northern Uganda .................. E1
Index ................................................................................................................. 375
Contributors
Dimitrij Agroskin University of Salzburg , Salzburg , Austria
Kennedy Amone-P’Olak University of Botswana , Gaborone , Botswana
Nyla R. Branscombe University of Kansas , Lawrence , KS , USA
Huseyin Cakal University of Exeter , Exeter , UK
Jose Jowel Canuday Ateneo De Manila University , Quezon City , Philippines
Héctor Carvacho P. Universidad Católica de Chile , Santiago , Chile
Jorida Cila York University , Toronto , ON , Canada
Belle Derks University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
Kevin Durrheim University of Kwa-Zulu Natal , Durban , South Africa
Naomi Ellemers University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
Anja Eller National Autonomous University of Mexico , Mexico City , Mexico
Mark A. Ferguson University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point , Stevens Point , WI , USA
Neil Ferguson Liverpool Hope University , Liverpool , UK
Don Foster University of Cape Town , Cape Town , South Africa
Immo Fritsche University of Leipzig , Leipzig , Germany
Monica M. Gerber Escuela de Sociología, Universidad Diego Portales ,
Santiago , Chile
Roberto González P. Universidad Católica de Chile , Santiago , Chile
Reeshma Haji Laurentian University , Barrie , ON , Canada
S. Alexander Haslam University of Queensland , Brisbane , QLD , Australia
Michael A. Hogg Claremont Graduate University , Claremont , CA , USA
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Eva Jonas University of Salzburg , Salzburg , Austria
Richard N. Lalonde York University , Toronto , ON , Canada
Grace Lapwoch University of Ulster, School of Psychology, Coleraine , Northern
Ireland, UK
Siew Fang Law Victoria University , Melbourne , VIC, Australia
Winnifred R. Louis University of Queensland , St Lucia , QLD , Australia
Robert D. Lowe Manchester Metropolitan University , Manchester , UK
Adrian Lüders University of Salzburg , Salzburg , Austria
Ma. Elizabeth J. Macapagal Ateneo De Manila University , Quezon City ,
Philippines
Stephen T. La Macchia University of Queensland , St Lucia , QLD , Australia
Cynthia Mackenzie Victoria University , Melbourne , VIC, Australia
Angela T. Maitner American University of Sharjah , Sharjah , United Arab Emirates
Edona Maloku Leiden University , Leiden , The Netherlands
Sarah E. Martiny UiT The Arctic University of Norway , Tromsø , Norway
Rachel I. McDonald University of Kansas , Lawrence , KS , USA
Shelley McKeown University of Bristol , Bristol , UK
Ines Meyer University of Cape Town , Rondebosch , South Africa
Scott L. Moeschberger Taylor University , Upland , IN , USA
Cristina Jayme Montiel Ateneo De Manila University , Quezon City , Philippines
Sigrun Marie Moss Department of Psychology , University of Oslo , Oslo , Norway
Orla T. Muldoon University of Limerick , Limerick , Ireland
Rebekah A . Phillips DeZalia Coastal Carolina Community College , Jacksonville ,
NC , USA
Michael Platow Australian National University , Canberra , ACT , Australia
Charis Psaltis University of Cyprus , Nicosia , Cyprus
Stephen Reicher University of St. Andrews , Fife , UK
Claudia Roscini University of Greenwich , London , UK
Mark Rubin The University of Newcastle , Newcastle , NSW , Australia
Katharina Schmid University of Oxford , Oxford , UK
David Sirlopu Universidad del Desarrollo , Santiago , Chile
