Disenchantment with Democracy

Janusz Reykowski is Professor of Psychology at the Polish Academy of Science and co-founder and Chairman (until 2013) of the Academic Council of the Warsaw School of Social Psychology. He is a member of the Academia Europea, a Past President of the Polish Psychological Association, Past President of the International Society of Political Psychology, and an Honorary Member of the Polish Society of Social Psychology. In the last three decades, his research has focused on political psychology, specifically on solving political conflicts and on the development of democratic attitudes. He has published 10 books and over 150 articles and chapters in various languages. He was also awarded the Sanford Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Political Psychology by the International Society of Political Psychology.

Contents
Preface
Introduction

Chapter 1. Violence as a Means of Attaining Group Goals
Chapter 2: Differences in Mentality-- A Source of Ideological Conflicts
Chapter 3: Opposed Interests as a Source of Conflict
Chapter 4: Economic Freedom as an Ideology
Chapter 5: The Market System as a Psychological Mechanism
Chapter 6: The Sources of Disenchantment with Democracy
Chapter 7: Political Dialogue as an Instrument of the Democratic Policy Making

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