Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

On the social and psychological bases of ideology and system justification / Hulda Thorisdottir, John T. Jost, and Aaron C. Kay -- American moral exceptionalism / Eric Luis Uhlmann, T. Andrew Poehlman, and John A. Bargh -- On the automaticity of nationalist ideology : the case of the USA / Melissa J. Ferguson, Travis J. Carter, and Ran R. Hassin -- A psychological advantage for the status quo / Scott Eidelman and Christian S. Crandall -- Belief in a just world, perceived fairness, and justification of the status quo / Carolyn L. Hafer and Becky L. Choma -- Disentangling reasons and rationalizations : exploring perceived fairness in hypothetical societies / Gregory Mitchell and Philip E. Tetlock -- A contextual analysis of the system justification motive and its societal consequences / Aaron C. Kay and Mark P. Zanna -- The social psychology of uncertainty management and system justification / Kees van den Bos -- Political ideology in the 21st century : a terror management perspective on maintenance and change of the status quo / Jacqueline Anson ... [et al.] -- No atheists in foxholes : motivated reasoning and religious belief / Robb Willer -- Motivated social cognition and ideology : is attention to elite discourse a prerequisite for epistemically motivated political affinities? / Christopher M. Federico and Paul Goren -- A dual process motivational model of ideological attitudes and system justification / John Duckitt and Chris G. Sibley -- Statewide differences in personality predict voting patterns in 1996-2004 U.S. presidential elections / Peter J. Rentfrow ... [et al.] -- Procedural justice and system-justifying motivations / Irina Feygina and Tom R. Tyler -- Planet of the Durkheimians, where community, authority, and sacredness are foundations of morality / Jonathan Haidt and Jesse Graham -- Ideology of the good old days : exaggerated perceptions of moral decline and conservative politics / Richard P. Eibach and Lisa K. Libby -- Group status and feelings of personal entitlement : the roles of social comparison and system-justifying beliefs / Laurie T. O'Brien and Brenda Major -- Ambivalent sexism at home and at work : how attitudes toward women in relationships foster exclusion in the public sphere / Mina Cikara ... [et al.] -- Acknowledging and redressing historical injustices / Katherine B. Starzyk, Craig W. Blatz, and Michael Ross -- The politics of intergroup attitudes / Brian A. Nosek, Mahzarin R. Banaji, and John T. Jost.