McKeown, S., Haji, R., Ferguson, N. (Eds., 2016). Understanding peace and conflict through social identity theory. Springer.

Self-concept, related cognitive processes, and social beliefs are central to social identity theory, an interactionist social psychological theory that explains in-group and inter-groups processes.

As a theory of intergroup relations introduced in the 1970s, this conception significantly expanded in the early 1980s and encompassed a general theory of groups and associated processes.

The social identity theory expanded to a range of sub-theories that focus on group norms and social influence, leadership within and between groups, uncertainty reduction motivation and self-enhancement, collective behavior and deindividuation, protest, and social mobilization.

Chapter 1 provides a general overview of social identity theory, emphasizing its analysis of intergroup conflict.