The Social Psychological Study of Widespread Beliefs

List of contributors PART I: INTRODUCTION: George Gaskell & Colin Fraser: The social psychological study of widespread beliefs Dan Sperber: The epidemiology of beliefs PART II: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES: Rob Farr: Social representations of widespread beliefs Douglas W. Bethlehem: Attitudes, social attitudes, and widespread beliefs Hilde T. Himmelweit: The dynamics of public opinion Elinor Scarbrough: Attitudes, social representations, and ideology PART III: STUDIES OF WIDESPREAD BELIEFS: Jos Jaspars & Miles Hewstone: Social categorization, collective beliefs, and causal attribution Willem Doise: Social beliefs and intergroup relations: the relevance of some sociological perspectives Raymond Cochrane & Michael Billig: The political and social beliefs of adolescents Patten Smith & George Gaskell: The social dimension in relative deprivation Alan Lewis: Shared economic beliefs Glynis M. Breakwell: Social beliefs about gender differences Author index Subject index.