It is evident that any account of peace requires an intricate understanding of identity both as a cause and consequence of conflict, as well as a potential resource to be harnessed in the promotion and maintenance of peace. Understanding Peace and Conflict Through Social Identity Theory: Contemporary Global Perspectives aims to help achieve such an understanding and as such is a valuable resource to those studying peace and conflict, psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists, public policy makers, and all those interested in the ways in which social identity impacts our world.

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This volume brings together perspectives on social identity and peace psychology to explore the role that categorization plays in both conflict and peace-building. To do so, it draws leading scholars from across the world in a comprehensive exploration of social identity theory and its application to some of the world’s most pressing problems, such as intrastate conflict, uprising in the middle east, the refugee crisis, global warming,  racism and peace building. A crucial theme of the volume is that social identity theory affects all of us, no matter whether we are currently in a state of conflict or one further along in the peace process.  

 It is evident that any account of peace requires an intricate understanding of identity both as a cause and consequence of conflict, as well as a potential resource to be harnessed in the promotion and maintenance of peace. Understanding Peace and Conflict Through Social Identity Theory: Contemporary Global Perspectives aims to help achieve such an understanding and as such is a valuable resource to those studying peace and conflict, psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists, public policy makers, and all those interested in the ways in which social identity impacts our world.

Social identity and peace psychology: An Introduction Reeshma Haji, Shelley McKeown Jones and Neil Ferguson Section 1 Theoretical and Contemporary Issues. Part I: History and development of social identity theory 1. Social identity theory Michael A. Hogg 2. Towards a Clearer Understanding of Social Identity Theory's Self-Esteem Hypothesis Sarah E. Martiny and Mark Rubin 3. Between the lines of us and them: Identity threat, anxious uncertainty, and reactive ingroup affirmation - how can antisocial outcomes be prevented? Adrian Luders, Eva Jonas, Immo Fritsche and Dimitrij Agroskin Part II: Social identity as a source of conflict and peace 4. Identity and Acculturation Processes in Multicultural Societies Sofia Stathi and Claudia Roscini 5. Tyranny and leadership Stephen Reicher, S. Alexander Haslam, Michael Platow and Nik Steffens 6. Crowd behaviour and collective action Stephen T. La Macchia and Winnifred R. Louis 7. The Role of Social Identity in the Recruitment and Reintegration of Child Soldiers Michael G. Wessells Part IV: Contemporary issues 8. Symbolic reminders of identity Rebekah A. Phillips DeZalia and Scott L. Moeschberger 9. Identity and psychological health Orla T. Muldoon, Robert D. Lowe and Katharina Schmid 10. Global Climate Change: A Social Identity Perspective on Informational and Structural Interventions Mark A. Ferguson, Rachel I. McDonald and Nyla R. Branscombe Section 2 Worldwide Perspectives Part I: Africa 11. Social Identity Theory as a Theory of Change: The Case of South Africa Ines Meyer, Kevin Durrheim and Don Foster 12. Social Identity and Conflict in Northern Uganda Grace Lapwoch and Kennedy Amone- P'Olak 13. Representations of Social Identities in Rwanda Sigrun Marie Moss Part II: Europe 14. Social Identity Theory and Intergroup Conflict in Northern Ireland Neil Ferguson and Shelley McKeown Jones 15. Social Identity in a divided Cyprus Charis Psaltis and Huseyin Cakal 16. Building national identity in newborn Kosovo: Challenges of Integrating National Identity with Ethnic Identity among Kosovar Albanians and Kosovar Serbs Edona Maloku , Belle Derks, Colette van Laar and Naomi Ellemers Part III: North and South America 17. Canada, a fertile ground for intergroup relations and social identity theory Richard N. Lalonde, Jorida Cila and Maya Yampolsky 18. Social identities and conflict in Chile: the role of historical and political processes Roberto Gonzalez, Monica M. Gerber and Hector Carvacho 19. Identity, contact, and health among majority and minority ethnic groups in Mexico and Chile Anja Eller, Huseyin Cakal and David Sirlopu Part IV: Asia and Australasia 20. Social Identity and Peace in the Modern Middle East: Insights from the United Arab Emirates Angela T. Maitner and Robert Stewart-Ingersoll 21. Collective and social identities in Philippine peacebuilding: Does a superordinate Bangsamoro social identity mediate the effects of collective ethnic identity? Cristina Jayme Montiel, Ma. Elizabeth J. Macapagal and Jose Jowel Canuday 22. "Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi": Situating and Understanding Social Identities in Australia. Siew Fang Law and Cynthia Mackenzie Conclusion: The next voyage Shelley McKeown Jones, Neil Ferguson and Reeshma Haji