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Written principally for students at the intermediate level, this text provides a broad critical review of the various empirical and theoretical traditions from which contemporary social psychology derives and, as the subtitle implies, offers balanced (though necessarily selective) insights into the perspectives that different researchers have adopted. It derives from J. Richard Eiser's previous textbook, Cognitive social psychology, which has been thoroughly revised and reorganized, incorporating fresh material that reflects the changes that have been taking place in the field since the beginning of the decade. The approach is broadly cognitive, though by no means narrowly so, the three main parts - 'Attitudes', 'Judgement and Interference' and 'Identity and Interaction' - indicating the principal emphases. Although it is North American research that has made the greatest contribution to our understanding of social behaviour, significant European work is not neglected in Richard Eiser's exposition. It is this awareness of the dynamism of the field and of the cross-fertilization taking place between different disciplines that gives this text its distinctive flavour and attraction for students and professionals alike

The article describes the disillusionment & cynicism that presently dominate the attitudes of UK citizens regarding the political process. Various reasons for declining political participation are discussed, including the changing role of political parties & the increasing powerlessness of governments faced with globalization. Survey data from the Citizen Audit show that people's organizational commitments remain extensive despite the fact that 1 in 3 respondents expressed dissatisfaction with democracy. J. R. Callahan

MOSAiCH is a cross-sectional survey that focuses on the Swiss population's values and attitudes toward a wide range of social issues.
The thematic focus of the 2020 edition lies on "Environment IV", the current module of the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) which is repeated for the 4th time. This international part is supplemented by selected socio-demographic questions, as well as a module composed of Switzerland specific questions and a COVID-19 supplement. The questions of this Swiss part are determined by means of a public call and either expand the ISSP module thematically or measure other dimensions that are of special interest to Switzerland.

Cet article cherche a savoir si les votants de l'Ontario modelent leurs attitudes selon des ensembles identifiables et si ces ensembles ont influence la votation ontarienne au moment de l'election federate de 1968. Quatre champs d'attitudes sont apparus comme etant suffisamment structures pour faire l'objet d'indices. Ce sont les attitudes vis‐a‐vis l'Etat providence, l'intervention etatique, les canadiens‐francais (le bilinguisme et le biculturalisme), et les catholiques. Si on controle l'origine ethnique et raffiliation religieuse, on retrouve une association significative entre les Preferences electorales des votants ontariens et les attitudes anti‐frangaises et anti‐catholiques. Cette meme association significative existe entre les Preferences electorales et les attitudes vis‐a‐vis l'Etat providence lors‐qu'on controle l'appartenance de classe quoiqu'elle n'existe pas par rapport a rintervention etatique.This paper reports research on the extent to which Ontario voters organize their attitudes into recognizable sets, and the effect of such organized attitude sets on voting in the 1968 Canadian federal election. Four areas were found to be sufficiently organized for index construction ‐ attitudes on the welfare state, on government intervention, to French‐Canadians (on bilingualism and bicultur‐alism) and to Catholics. Significant associations with voting Preferences for the 1968 election were found for anti‐French and anti‐Catholic attitudes, controlling for ethnicity and religion respectively. Significant associations were also found for the welfare state index, controlling for social class, but not for government intervention.

The author, who is herself an albino, has discussed this subject extensively with doctors, psychologists and geneticists, and also with albinos drawn from various racial groups. In this article she describes the difficulties of diagnosing the disease, the misconceptions and prejudiced attitudes which make the condition more distressing than it need be, and the role of the Albino Fellowship.