CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Special Issue of Political Psychology: Emotion in Politics

The last several years have witnessed a burst of interest among
psychologists in the topic of emotion. No longer thought to wreak havoc
on human rationality, emotions are increasingly recognized as making a
positive contribution to the human condition. Psychological research
indicates that emotions are implicated in all aspects of cognition and
behavior, including attention, perception, and memory, as well as
attitude change, reasoning, and decision-making, and interpersonal and
intergroup relations.

Emotions have also been studied as physiological processes, and have
contributed to elucidating the brain mechanisms that underlie cognition
and behavior. Scholars have recently begun to explore the role of
emotion in political life, including its impact on the nature of the
candidate appraisal process, the strategic use of emotions by campaigns,
and the role of discrete emotions in the formation of policy attitudes.

The goal of this special issue is to further explore the causes and
consequences of emotional processes in the political realm, and to
provide a selective integration of work on the topic. Political
Psychology is therefore inviting and soliciting manuscripts for a
special issue on Emotion in Politics. Submissions, irrespective of
subfield, should adopt a political psychological approach. All
manuscripts will be peer reviewed by a minimum of three experts in the
field. Acceptance of all papers is conditional on satisfactory reviews.

All manuscripts should be submitted to the editors following the
submission instructions for regular manuscripts. (See:
http://www.sunysb.edu/polsci/polpsych/Guidelines.html) Authors should
note that the submission is intended for consideration in the special
issue.

The deadline for submission is October 31, 2006.

--The ISPP Central Office, on behalf of
The Editors of Political Psychology