Seeing Us in Them: Social Divisions and the Politics of Group Empathy

ISBN-13: 9781108797849 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 300 str.

Cigdem V. Sirin; Nicholas A. Valentino; José D. Villalobos

Opis

Group empathy across lines of difference is a major force for reducing conflict, promoting cooperation, and counteracting ethnonationalism.

Recenzje

'The experiments are carefully carried out and demonstrate that group empathy shapes how people think about policies that might help outgroup members in distress. Importantly, while group empathy is a key driver of policy attitudes across the board, members of minority groups are substantially more likely to extend it. Altogether, the authors demonstrate that group empathy matters for public opinion about immigration, humanitarian intervention, civil rights, LGBTQ rights, #BlackLivesMatter, #MeToo, environmental disaster relief, terrorism, welfare, Brexit (in the UK), and foreign aid policies related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Seeing Us in Them shows that empathy for outgroups is a powerful concept that carries the potential for improving our understanding of public opinion broadly.' 2022 Experimental Political Science Section Best Book Award Committee, American Political Science Association

Spis treści

1. The Puzzle: Empathy for Outgroups amid Existential Threats and Ingroup Interests; 2. Group Empathy Theory; 3. Measuring Group Empathy: The Group Empathy Index; 4. An Origin Story: Socializing Group Empathy via Life Experiences; 5. Group Empathy and Homeland Security: The Case of Flying While Arab; 6. Group Empathy and the Politics of Immigration; 7. Group Empathy and Foreign Policy; 8. Group Empathy in the Trump Era; 9. Group Empathy, Brexit, and Public Opinion in the UK; 10. Cultivating Group Empathy and Challenging Ethno-Nationalist Politics.