Recommended Reading

On this page, you will find a series of introductory reading lists about ten topics in the field of Political Psychology.

Rather than reviewing what happens in politics (e.g. who wins an election) or how it happens (e.g. who votes for whom), the following reading lists will help you to delve into why it happens by studying the psychology of politics at the micro level (e.g. the personality of politicians), the meso level (e.g. the ideological and moral foundations of political parties), and the macro level (e.g. racism, prejudice, and the influence of the media).

Most of these texts also feature on my Political Psychology module for students at the University of Sheffield. If you’d like to share ideas about teaching Political Psychology or you’d be interested in giving a guest talk to my students, please get in touch!

If you already teach or research in the field and you think I’ve missed a key text, let me know!