Politics and the New Challenge of Migration
Bridging Cultural, Social and Political Divides

By (author) Gordon Sammut

ISBN13: 9781009285070

Imprint: Cambridge University Press

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Published: 31/10/2025

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Description
This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the social psychology of conflict rooted in human evolution, with a particular focus on migration and its challenges in a globalized world. It examines theories for how conflict emerges between cultural, social, and political groups striving to advance their own interests and agendas and considers their impact on democratic systems that guarantee human rights and freedoms. Building on the study of social psychological tendencies and motivations, including human needs for identity and affiliation, new empirical procedures are introduced for bridging cultural, social, and political divides that encourage students, scholars, and policymakers to consider reconciliatory strategies for conflict resolution. By examining political leanings and tendencies for activism and democratic engagement, this book articulates the ethical and political moral grounds guiding decision-making in intergroup and intercultural relations and challenges readers to reflect on their moral standpoints.
List of Figures; List of Tables; 1. In Search of the Promised Land; 2. The Social Contract; 3. Social Cognition; 4. Social Identity; 5. The Public Sphere; 6. Multiculturalism and Competing Policies; 7. The Populist Backlash; 8. Democracy: The Impossible Dream; 9. Building a Bridge over Babylon: Patching up Discord; 10. Ethics-Politics Morals: What's Good for the Goose is not Good for the Gander; 11. The Dark Side of Politics: Who Dares Wins; References; Appendix; Index.
  • Social, group or collective psychology
  • Population & demography
  • General (US: Trade)
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