This special issue explores the role of social movements in bringing about, or failing to bring about, political and social transformation.
The issue includes articles that examine this topic broadly, from a wide range of perspectives with psychology as a central theme.
The focus includes the relationship among social movements, radicalization, and nonviolence or violence.
Guest Editors
Table of contents
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Editorial
- Editorial
Fathali M. Moghaddam
Introduction to the Special Issue
- Social Movements and Social Transformation: Steps Towards Understanding the Challenges and Breakthroughs of Social Change
Winnifred R. Louis and Cristina Jayme Montiel
Articles
- Practice the Change You Want to See in the World: Transformative Practices of Social Movements in Israel
Yael Ben David and Tammy Rubel-Lifschitz - Social Movements, Structural Violence, and Conflict Transformation in Northern Ireland: The Role of Loyalist Paramilitaries
Neil Ferguson, Shaun McDaid, and James W. McAuley - Public Protest and Police Violence: Moral Disengagement and Its Role in Police Repression of Public Demonstrations in Portugal
Mónica Soares, Mariana Barbosa, Raquel Matos, and Sílvia M. Mendes - Constructed Representations of Street Protest Violence: Speaking Violence, Speaking Race
Peace Kiguwa and Yaseen Ally - What Happens After the Protests? Understanding Protest Outcomes Through Multi-Level Social Change
Özden Melis Uluğ and Yasemin Gülsüm Acar - Processes of Conflict De-Escalation in Madagascar (1947–1996)
Velomahanina Tahinjanahary Razakamaharavo - Peace Psychologists and Social Transformation: A Global South Perspective
Cristina Jayme Montiel - In Search of a Bigger Picture: A Cultural-Relational Perspective on Social Transformation and Violence
Martijn van Zomeren - The Meaning and Metrics of Social and Political Transformation
Daniel J. Christie - How Can Social Movements Transform Societies? Developing a Guide for Practice
Diane Bretherton
Autobiographical Paper
- Preventing Violence and Promoting Active Bystandership and Peace: My Life in Research and Applications
Ervin Staub
Brief Reports
- Individual Differences in Masculine Honor Beliefs Predict Attitudes Toward Aggressive Security Measures, War, and Peace
Donald A. Saucier, Russell J. Webster, Jessica L. McManus, Tammy L. Sonnentag, Conor J. O'Dea, and Megan L. Strain - Contributions of Psychoanalysis for Psychosocial Interventions in Armed Conflict Scenarios
Miguel Gutiérrez-Peláez
Book Reviews
- Understanding and Supporting Children in War-Affected Countries: A Review of Political Violence, Armed Conflict, and Youth Adjustment: A Developmental Psychopathology Perspective on Research and Intervention by E. Mark Cummings, Christine E. Merrilees, Laura K. Taylor, and Christina F. Mondi (Eds.)
Reviewed by Linda Liebenberg - Background and Practical Guidance for Managing Conflict With Mediation. A Review of How to Resolve Conflict: A Practical Mediation Manual by James E. Gilman
Reviewed by Jessica Katz Jameson
