Understanding Angry Groups

Susan C. Cloninger, PhD, is professor emerita of psychology at The Sage Colleges, Troy and Albany, NY, where she taught for 36 years before retiring.Steven A. Leibo, PhD, is professor of international history and politics at Russell Sage College in Troy, NY, and associate in research at Harvard University.

• IntroductionSusan C. Cloninger and Steven A. LeiboSection I From the Social Sciences and the HumanitiesChapter 1 The Role of Individual Differences in Inciting Anger and Social ActionDonald A. Saucier, Russell J. Webster, Conor J. O'Dea, and Stuart S. MillerChapter 2 Attributions to Prejudice: Collective Anger and ActionStuart S. Miller, Amanda L. Martens, and Donald A. SaucierChapter 3 Moving toward Extremism: Group Polarization in the Laboratory and the WorldJarryd WillisChapter 4 The Anger of Women WarriorsKate DahlstedtChapter 5 Warrior Rage: The Many Dimensions of Anger in Our Military and VeteransKate Dahlstedt and Edward TickChapter 6 "A Bad Counselor": Anger in the BibleDavid A. SalomonChapter 7 Anger and Conflict in CinemaRob EdelmanChapter 8 Anger, Connection, and Activism: Coming of Age in Harry PotterSybillyn JenningsSection II From a Historical to Geopolitical ContextChapter 9 Revolution, Emigration, and Anger: Angry Exile Groups in the Aftermath of the French and Russian RevolutionsFrank JacobChapter 10 The Extreme Right and Neo-Nazism in the Post-War United StatesRyan ShafferChapter 11 Fighting "The System": The Turner DiariesCarmen CelestiniChapter 12 The Institutionalization of Political Anger: The Case of the Affordable Care ActTerry WeinerChapter 13 Anger and Political Action by Cubans in Florida since 1959Trevor RubenzerChapter 14 Nixon, Latin America, and the Politics of AngerJeffry M. CoxChapter 15 The Greeks Know Anger: The Causes and Consequences of the Continuing Crisis of Capitalism in the Eurozone SouthDavid L. ElliottChapter 16 Environmental Conflict, Collective Anger, and Resolution: Strategies in the Niger Delta ConflictOlakunle M. Folami and Taiwo A. OlaiyaChapter 17 Anger and Politics in IranMohammad AmjadChapter 18 Burning for Independence: Anger, Violence, and the Evolution of the Tibetan Independence MovementJeannine ChandlerChapter 19 The Role of Anger in the Radicalization of TerroristsCory DavenportConclusionSteven A. Leibo and Susan C. CloningerAbout the Editors and ContributorsIndex

This book does an excellent job of combining insights from neuroscience, sociology, history, and political science to explain the phenomena of past and current group behavior and philosophy both nationally and globally. VERDICT Although this quality work has a scholarly bent and would most appeal to undergraduates, general readers will also be well served by the ­timeliness of this thought-provoking material.