"Through the new concept "political plasticity", Moghaddam explores the puzzle of continuity and change in human behavior. This timely volume demonstrates how political plasticity can pave the path to fuller democracy and justice for oppressed and marginalised groups"--

Fathali M. Moghaddam is Professor of Psychology at Georgetown University, USA, where he served as Director of the Interdisciplinary Program in Cognitive Science (2016¿2021). He was Editor-in-Chief of the APA journal Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology (2014¿2021). His most recent books include How Psychologists Failed: We Neglected the Poor and Minorities, Favored the Rich and Privileged and Got Science Wrong (Cambridge, 2023). He has won a number of prestigious academic awards.

List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Political plasticity, the key to understanding the future of democracy and dictatorship; 2. Hard-wiring inside and outside people; Part I. Political Plasticity and Behavioral Continuity: 3. Why do leaders still exist? Leadership and followership; 4. Rich and poor ¿ still just as different; 5. Ethnicity is forever; 6. Religion, eternally present but with a thousand faces; 7. The built environment and behavioral continuity; Part II. Change Agents, in Theory and Practice: 8. Revolutions and political plasticity; 9. War as transformative; 10. Technology forces change; 11. Globalization and deglobalization; Part III. Looking Ahead: 12. The eternal dictator and political plasticity; Afterword. Lessons learned: The example of women in education; Notes; References; Index.