Psychological Borders in Europe and the United States

Maria del Mar Fariña is associate professor at Westfield State University, adjunct professor at Smith College, and author of White Nativism, Ethnic Identity and US Immigration Policy Reforms.

• Part I. Nationalism, Nativism and Populism: What's the Difference?Chapter 1. Introduction: Nationalism, Nativism and Populism: What's the Difference?Chapter 2. NationalismChapter 3. NativismChapter 4. Nativism, War, the Ku Klux Klan and White Power MovementsChapter 5. PopulismPart II. Construction and Sociopolitical Mobilization of Large, Group Identities: The Integrated Sociopolitical and Psychological Analysis ModelChapter 6. Mobilization of Large Group Identities: The Case of the Identitarian MovementChapter 7. Integrated Sociopolitical Analysis: Individual and Collective Identity ConstructionsPart III. Political Psychology, Borders and Identity WarsChapter 8. Integrated Psychological Analysis: Political Psychology, Borders and Identity Wars in Europe and the United StatesPart IV: An Integrated Sociopolitical and Psychological Approach to Contemporary, Identity-Driven Conflict and Historical Collective TraumasChapter 9. The ISPA Approach to Identity Driven Conflict and Historical Collective TraumasChapter 10. Historical Collective Traumas and Resistance to Identity Transformation and Mourning: American Immigration PolicyChapter 11. Russia and Ukraine: The Development of a New Identity and Thwarted MourningReferencesIndexAbout the Author

Present day national and international issues in Europe and the United States are the topics of this timely and very informative book. Dr. Fariña illustrates that when a shared identity is threatened, efforts are undertaken to protect it from its external others. Utilizing an integrated sociopolitical and psychological approach the author also focuses on collective traumas and losses, difficulty in large group mourning, and transgenerational transmissions. The connections between the rise of ideologies such as nativism and unprocessed collective traumas are presented. Reading this book expands our understanding of the political and societal events we face.