Psychological Borders in Europe and the United States: Contemporary Nationalism, Nativism, and Populism presents an integrative sociopolitical and psychological analysis model to examine contemporary sociopolitical rising ideologies in Europe and the United States; specifically, nationalism, nativism, and populism. Further, this book explores processes involved in the construction and sociopolitical mobilization of large, group identities. Political psychology is introduced to discuss the formation of national and psychological borders and their manifestations, including dynamics of identity driven aggression. The connection between the rise of ideologies, such as nativism and populism, and historical collective traumas is discussed, highlighting the role of social re-enactments, identity transformation, and large collective mourning to contemporary sociopolitical dynamics in Europe and the United States. Ethnic, racial, and intergroup conflict, and the role of immigration and asylum policy in maintaining, changing, and transforming existing collective identities is discussed, to then examine the war between Russia and the Ukraine. This book includes specific case applications to European countries and the United States, where nationalism, nativism, and populism have been on the ascendant.
Maria del Mar Farina is associate professor at Westfield State University Graduate Social Work Program, adjunct professor at Smith College School for Social Work, and course facilitator at Boston University, School of Social Work.
Part I. Nationalism, Nativism and Populism: What's the Difference? Chapter 1. Introduction: Nationalism, Nativism and Populism: What's the Difference? Chapter 2. Nationalism Chapter 3. Nativism Chapter 4. Nativism, War, the Ku Klux Klan and White Power Movements Chapter 5. Populism Part II. Construction and Sociopolitical Mobilization of Large, Group Identities: The Integrated Sociopolitical and Psychological Analysis Model Chapter 6. Mobilization of Large Group Identities: The Case of the Identitarian Movement Chapter 7. Integrated Sociopolitical Analysis: Individual and Collective Identity Constructions Part III. Political Psychology, Borders and Identity Wars Chapter 8. Integrated Psychological Analysis: Political Psychology, Borders and Identity Wars in Europe and the United States Part IV: An Integrated Sociopolitical and Psychological Approach to Contemporary, Identity-Driven Conflict and Historical Collective Traumas Chapter 9. The ISPA Approach to Identity Driven Conflict and Historical Collective Traumas Chapter 10. Historical Collective Traumas and Resistance to Identity Transformation and Mourning: American Immigration Policy Chapter 11. Russia and Ukraine: The Development of a New Identity and Thwarted Mourning References Index About the Author
