What role does justice play in the formation of public opinion and the scholarly debates about social problems? Does the perception of injustice force problems to appear on the political agenda? Does the perception of an injustice give momentum to social change? Or are violations of self-interest or threats to one's material welfare the more important factors? Or are empathy-driven concerns for the needy and the disadvan taged motivations to solve societal problems? What is known about the role justice concerns play in leadership? In several chapters of this volume, justice concerns and...
What role does justice play in the formation of public opinion and the scholarly debates about social problems? Does the perception of injustice force...
A result of a conference at the University of Trier, Germany, this volume mirrors its goals: * to provide an overview of recent advances in research on critical life events and the losses associated with them * to collect and stimulate new perspectives for the analysis of these events * to compare the psychology of victims experiencing stress and losses with the psychology of observers in their reactions to victims. Designed to prevent developmental psychological myths in the area of life crises, this collection questions, on an empirical basis, the adequacy of several widespread...
A result of a conference at the University of Trier, Germany, this volume mirrors its goals: * to provide an overview of recent advances in research o...
The preparation of this volume began with a conference held at Trier University, approximately thirty years after the publication of the first Belief in a Just World (BJW) manuscript. The location of the conference was especially appropriate given the continued interest that the Trier faculty and students had for BJW research and theory. As several chapters in this volume document, their research together with the other contributors to this volume have added to the current sophistication and status of the BJW construct. In the 1960s and 1970s Melvin Lerner, together with his students and...
The preparation of this volume began with a conference held at Trier University, approximately thirty years after the publication of the first Belief ...
The preparation of this volume began with a conference held at Trier University, approximately thirty years after the publication of the first Belief in a Just World (BJW) manuscript. The location of the conference was especially appropriate given the continued interest that the Trier faculty and students had for BJW research and theory. As several chapters in this volume document, their research together with the other contributors to this volume have added to the current sophistication and status of the BJW construct. In the 1960s and 1970s Melvin Lerner, together with his students and...
The preparation of this volume began with a conference held at Trier University, approximately thirty years after the publication of the first Belief ...
Mittels theoretischer und empirischer Untersuchungen wird gezeigt, dass die okonomische Schlechterstellung der neuen Lander Gerechtigkeitsprobleme aufwirft, die das individuelle Wohlbefinden und den sozialen Frieden im wiedervereinigten Deutschland gefahrden. Der vorliegende Band versammelt Beitrage, in denen die Situation aus der Sicht psychologischer und soziologischer Theorien betrachtet und mit Befunden strukturgleicher empirischer Untersuchungen abgeglichen wird. Die Beitrage bestatigen das zu vermutende Konfliktpotential. Gleichzeitig wird die Wiedervereinigung als historisch einmalige...
Mittels theoretischer und empirischer Untersuchungen wird gezeigt, dass die okonomische Schlechterstellung der neuen Lander Gerechtigkeitsprobleme auf...
