Power and Identity

<p>The concepts of power and identity are vital to many areas of social research. In this edited collection a prominent set of contributors explore the double relationship between power and group identity focusing on two complementary lines of enquiry:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>In what ways can the powerful dictate the identities of the powerless?</li> <p> </p> <li>How can the powerless redefine their identity to challenge the powerful?</li> </ul><p>Each chapter is written by leading authorities in the field and investigates a particular aspect of the interplay of identity and power via a range of empirical contexts such as colonialism nationalism collective action and electoral politics.</p><p>The case studies include early modern Goa under Portuguese rule the tribes of modern-day Jordan the use of sexual stereotyping and objectification by female activists seeking to transform social systems and a revisiting of the classic Stanford Prison Experiment. The chapters include contributions from a variety of social disciplines and research methodologies and together provide a comprehensive overview of a subject at the cutting-edge of social and political psychology.</p><p>Power and Identity will be of great interest to researchers graduates and upper-level undergraduate students from across the social sciences.</p>