Margaret Wetherell

Identities, Groups, and Social Issues provides a discussion of how mental processes adapt to the complexities of social interaction in organised social groups. While psychological in emphasis, this volume never loses sight of the historical and political settings in which people live.

University Identities, Groups, and Social Issues is a comprehensive and clear textbook on the social psychology of collective life. Covering groups (both small and large), social organizations and institutions, show more shared processes of sensemaking, representations and discourse, social norms, and social roles, this accessible overview guides the reader through these important theoretical and empirical developments in social psychology. The book has a strong historical focus, both following social psychological developments since the 1920s to the present day and discussing contemporary work in this historical context. The authors cover a representative mix of European and North American work, recognizing and explaining the plurality of perspectives in the discipline. show less