Politics and Emotions

1. Front Matter

   Pages 1-6

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2. Politics & Emotions: An Overview

   1. Politics & Emotions: An Overview

      • Marcos Engelken-Jorge

      Pages 7-25

3. Emotions & Contemporary Political Theory

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27

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   2. The Political Mind and Its Other

      • Ramón Maiz

      Pages 29-70

4. Methodological Issues

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71

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   2. The Influence of Affective States on the Depth of Information Processing

      • Brad Verhulst, Mary-Kate Lizotte

      Pages 73-94

   3. Barack Obama and the Political Science of Hope

      • Andrew J.W. Civettini

      Pages 95-106

5. Perspectives on Politics & Emotions The Obama Phenomenon

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107

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   2. Suspending Disbelief

      • Oliver Escobar

      Pages 109-128

   3. Persuading the Intractable

      • Alan Sandry

      Pages 129-140

   4. “I’m Still Standing for Hope and Glory!”

      • Åsa Wettergren

      Pages 141-153

   5. Desiring Politics

      • Deborah Gould

      Pages 155-188

6. Back Matter

   Pages 189-191

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Mainstream liberal narratives have often depicted politics as a matter of power and competing interests, disregarding emotions or conceiving them as threats to a rational and well-ordered society. In the last decades, however, this viewpoint has been increasingly challenged by a number of scholars researching on the complex and multidimensional role of emotions in politics. This edited collection aims at providing a concise but comprehensive introduction to this area of research. The essays contained in this volume focus on a single case, the Obama phenomenon, illustrating empirically how the variable ‘emotions’ can enrich political analysis. Taken together, the essays reflect the plurality of approaches available to the study of politics and emotions and thus contribute to the cutting-edge debates on this fascinating topic.

• Political Communication
• Political Psychology
• Political Sociology
• Political Theory
• Politikwissenschaft

Marcos Engelken-Jorge is postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of the Basque Country.
Pedro Ibarra Güell is a former professor of political science at the University of the Basque Country and member of the research group Parte Hartuz.
Carmelo Moreno del Río is associate professor of political science at the University of the Basque Country.

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