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SOCIOLOGY

FORTHCOMING
Toward a Positive Psychology

of Relationships

New Directions in Theory and Research

MEG A. WARREN AND STEWART I. DONALDSON, EDITORS
Nearly universally, relationships are a key source of what we all seek in life: happiness,
fulfillment, and well-being. The experts who contributed to this novel volume apply
the framework of positive psychology to the findings of relationships research across a
variety of practical contexts. What actions create and sustain respectful, caring, joyous,
stimulating, and loving relationships? How do people rich in friendship, intimacy, and December 2017, 267pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4
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thoughtful scholarship that serve to answer these questions and document the benefit of
positive relationships in a variety of settings and across the human life span.
MEG A. WARREN, MA, MBA, is
past president of the Work and
FEATURES
Organizations Division of the
• Explores recent relationships research in the most important life domains and life stages— International Positive Psychology
in romance and at work, during youth and in old age, and in contexts of diversity Association (IPPA).
• Brings together contributions from renowned leaders and prolific thinkers in positive STEWART I. DONALDSON, PhD, is
relationships professor of psychology at Claremont
Graduate University.

NEW
Understanding Angry Groups

Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Their
Motivations and Effects on Society

SUSAN C. CLONINGER AND STEVEN A. LEIBO, EDITORS
WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF MOHAMMAD AMJAD
“ undergraduates, general readers will also be well served by the timeliness
Although this quality work has a scholarly bent and would most appeal to
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of this thought-provoking material.
—Library Journal, May 9, 2017 January 2017, 434pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4
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In today’s society, we see angry groups in many forms—from animal rights and climate $73.00, £57.00, €67.00
crisis activists to citizens opposed to allowing more immigrants of certain ethnicities or eBook: 978-1-4408-3351-9
religions into the country, militia groups frustrated by acts of domestic terrorism and
legislation that limits gun ownership and the ability to carry weapons in public, and those SUSAN C. CLONINGER, PhD, is
outraged by what they see as police brutality or the unnecessary use of deadly force professor emerita of psychology at
against people of color. The Sage Colleges, Troy and Albany,
NY, where she taught for 36 years
FEATURES before retiring.
• Presents angry group dynamics from various perspectives, ranging from individual STEVEN A. LEIBO, PhD, is professor of
personality to group behavior to mass social movements international history and politics at Russell
Sage College in Troy, NY, and associate in
• Draws expertise from diverse academic areas and presents information that will be research at Harvard University.
accessible to anyone interested in history and the social and political sciences

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