Understanding Angry Groups: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Their Motivations and Effects on Society

This book examines the dynamics that lead to anger in individuals, within groups, and between groups; identifies the role of the media in angry group behavior; and offers solutions for dealing with angry groups and channeling that negative energy in positive ways. In today's society, we see angry groups in many forms—from animal rights and climate crisis activists to citizens opposed to allowing more immigrants of certain ethnicities or 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 outraged by what they see as police brutality or the unnecessary use of deadly force against people of color. More than just evidence of civil unrest in society, angry groups across history and nations often ultimately affect our politics and our government, for better or worse, and sometimes result in injury, bloodshed, or financial costs that hit otherwise-uninvolved taxpayers. This book demonstrates how people across our nation are involved in, affected by, or harmed by angry groups; covers historical and modern perspectives on angry groups; ands offers suggestions for predicting and influencing the expression of angry group behavior. It provides readers with an understanding of such conflicts and of their origins and dynamics that may offer insights to successful resolution, and it identifies strategies that can reduce the suffering that comes from such conflicts.

Table of Contents:
Introduction Susan C. Cloninger and Steven A. Leibo Section I From the Social Sciences and the Humanities Chapter 1 The Role of Individual Differences in Inciting Anger and Social Action Donald A. Saucier, Russell J. Webster, Conor J. O'Dea, and Stuart S. Miller Chapter 2 Attributions to Prejudice: Collective Anger and Action Stuart S. Miller, Amanda L. Martens, and Donald A. Saucier Chapter 3 Moving toward Extremism: Group Polarization in the Laboratory and the World Jarryd Willis Chapter 4 The Anger of Women Warriors Kate Dahlstedt Chapter 5 Warrior Rage: The Many Dimensions of Anger in Our Military and Veterans Kate Dahlstedt and Edward Tick Chapter 6 "A Bad Counselor": Anger in the Bible David A. Salomon Chapter 7 Anger and Conflict in Cinema Rob Edelman Chapter 8 Anger, Connection, and Activism: Coming of Age in Harry Potter Sybillyn Jennings Section II From a Historical to Geopolitical Context Chapter 9 Revolution, Emigration, and Anger: Angry Exile Groups in the Aftermath of the French and Russian Revolutions Frank Jacob Chapter 10 The Extreme Right and Neo-Nazism in the Post-War United States Ryan Shaffer Chapter 11 Fighting "The System": The Turner Diaries Carmen Celestini Chapter 12 The Institutionalization of Political Anger: The Case of the Affordable Care Act Terry Weiner Chapter 13 Anger and Political Action by Cubans in Florida since 1959 Trevor Rubenzer Chapter 14 Nixon, Latin America, and the Politics of Anger Jeffry M. Cox Chapter 15 The Greeks Know Anger: The Causes and Consequences of the Continuing Crisis of Capitalism in the Eurozone South David L. Elliott Chapter 16 Environmental Conflict, Collective Anger, and Resolution: Strategies in the Niger Delta Conflict Olakunle M. Folami and Taiwo A. Olaiya Chapter 17 Anger and Politics in Iran Mohammad Amjad Chapter 18 Burning for Independence: Anger, Violence, and the Evolution of the Tibetan Independence Movement Jeannine Chandler Chapter 19 The Role of Anger in the Radicalization of Terrorists Cory Davenport Conclusion Steven A. Leibo and Susan C. Cloninger About the Editors and Contributors Index