Matthew Hirshberg
Biographic Data
| ID | 6613069 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthew Hirshberg |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthew |
| FAMILY NAME | Hirshberg |
| SIGNATURE | HIRSHBERG M |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Measuring Intergroup Forgiveness
Until recently, researchers operationalized and measured the psychological construct of forgiveness at the individual, rather than the group, level. Social psychologists started applying forgiveness to groups and examining the role intergroup forgiveness may have in conflict resolution and peace efforts. Initial attempts to define and measure forgiveness at the group level either assumed individual and group capacities were the same, or insuffici…
Ps
In 2011, PS: Political Science and Politics published articles covering a vast range of topics. The journal's commitment to publishing articles on pedagogy and the profession, as well as exemplary topical scholarship on a spectrum of issues, call for an equally broad stable of reviewers. PS cannot publish such diverse work without the outstanding work (and openmindedness) of our peer reviewers. The peer-review process relies on the professionalis…
Justice, Work, Poverty and Welfare
This article examines the structure of beliefs that yield attitudes toward government aid to the poor. Findings from a study conducted in New Zealand show that beliefs in a just world and the Protestant work ethic create tendencies to attribute poverty to the deficiencies of the poor and not society, which yield negative attitudes toward government assistance. It is argued that the prevalence and promotion of such beliefs and attribution tendenci…
Robin Hood Revisited
Poverty is perpetuated by systemic inequalities of wealth and power in mutually reinforcing relationships with predominant belief systems, such as ethical beliefs about the proper use and distribution of wealth. In unequal societies, moral inhibitions against “theft” take precedence over imperatives for “charity.” Given the opportunity to transfer wealth through theft and charity, there were few Robin Hoods among the subjects in the two studies r…
Measuring Intergroup Forgiveness
Until recently, researchers operationalized and measured the psychological construct of forgiveness at the individual, rather than the group, level. Social psychologists started applying forgiveness to groups and examining the role intergroup forgiveness may have in conflict resolution and peace efforts. Initial attempts to define and measure forgiveness at the group level either assumed individual and group capacities were the same, or insuffici…
Ps
In 2011, PS: Political Science and Politics published articles covering a vast range of topics. The journal's commitment to publishing articles on pedagogy and the profession, as well as exemplary topical scholarship on a spectrum of issues, call for an equally broad stable of reviewers. PS cannot publish such diverse work without the outstanding work (and openmindedness) of our peer reviewers. The peer-review process relies on the professionalis…
Justice, Work, Poverty and Welfare
This article examines the structure of beliefs that yield attitudes toward government aid to the poor. Findings from a study conducted in New Zealand show that beliefs in a just world and the Protestant work ethic create tendencies to attribute poverty to the deficiencies of the poor and not society, which yield negative attitudes toward government assistance. It is argued that the prevalence and promotion of such beliefs and attribution tendenci…
Robin Hood Revisited
Poverty is perpetuated by systemic inequalities of wealth and power in mutually reinforcing relationships with predominant belief systems, such as ethical beliefs about the proper use and distribution of wealth. In unequal societies, moral inhibitions against “theft” take precedence over imperatives for “charity.” Given the opportunity to transfer wealth through theft and charity, there were few Robin Hoods among the subjects in the two studies r…
Justice, Work, Poverty and Welfare
This article examines the structure of beliefs that yield attitudes toward government aid to the poor. Findings from a study conducted in New Zealand show that beliefs in a just world and the Protestant work ethic create tendencies to attribute poverty to the deficiencies of the poor and not society, which yield negative attitudes toward government assistance. It is argued that the prevalence and promotion of such beliefs and attribution tendenci…
Ps
In 2011, PS: Political Science and Politics published articles covering a vast range of topics. The journal's commitment to publishing articles on pedagogy and the profession, as well as exemplary topical scholarship on a spectrum of issues, call for an equally broad stable of reviewers. PS cannot publish such diverse work without the outstanding work (and openmindedness) of our peer reviewers. The peer-review process relies on the professionalis…
Measuring Intergroup Forgiveness
Until recently, researchers operationalized and measured the psychological construct of forgiveness at the individual, rather than the group, level. Social psychologists started applying forgiveness to groups and examining the role intergroup forgiveness may have in conflict resolution and peace efforts. Initial attempts to define and measure forgiveness at the group level either assumed individual and group capacities were the same, or insuffici…
Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Poverty (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works)