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Research paper thumbnail of Getting what you deserve?

The Psychologist, 2022

Against the backdrop of Brexit, a pandemic, war in Ukraine, a cost-of-living crisis, and the UK G... more Against the backdrop of Brexit, a pandemic, war in Ukraine, a cost-of-living crisis, and the UK Government’s 2019 manifesto promise to ‘level-up’, income inequality should be at the forefront of psychological research…

Research paper thumbnail of ‘You come back fighting. That’s what gives you the drive to achieve’: The extraordinary psychological construction of the super-rich in entertainment documentaries

Discourse & Society, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of ‘I don’t think there is any moral basis for taking money away from people’: using discursive psychology to explore the complexity of talk about tax

Critical Discourse Studies, 2018

The increasing recognition of the negative impact of income inequality has highlighted the import... more The increasing recognition of the negative impact of income inequality has highlighted the importance of taxation which can function as a redistributive mechanism. Previous critical social psychological research found that talk about restricting the welfare state, that is funded through tax, is formed of ideology that supports the maintenance of income inequality. Therefore, this research explores how speakers use talk about tax to justify income inequality during a UK BBC radio discussion, 'Moral Maze: The moral purpose of tax' which involved public figures discussing the role of tax. This programme was analysed from a critical discursive psychological perspective. It was found that two contrasting constructions of tax were presented: tax as a collective responsibility or tax as an individual burden, whereby speakers drew on social justice and individualistic ideology respectively. Arguments for high tax rates are problematic due to the acceptability of inequality in a meritocracy. By presenting wealthy individuals as more deserving than the less affluent, arguments for higher tax come to be challenged.

Research paper thumbnail of The just world hypothesis as an argumentative resource in debates about unemployment benefits

Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology

Book chapters by Philippa Carr

Research paper thumbnail of Extending the boundaries of political communication: How ideology can be examined in super-rich television documentaries using Discursive Psychology

Political Communication , 2020

Book Reviews by Philippa Carr

Research paper thumbnail of Book Review: Day, K. et al., Critical Social Psychology of Social Class, London: Palgrave MacMillan

BPS Political Psychology Bulletin, 2020

Research paper thumbnail of Political Psychology: Critical PerspectivesTileagăCristianPolitical Psychology: Critical Perspectives, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge; New York, 2013; 232 pp.: £60.00

European Journal of Communication

Research paper thumbnail of Book review: Discursive psychology: theory, method and applications: Wiggins, S., 2017, Los Angeles, Sage.

Qualitative Research in Psychology, 2021

Conference reviews by Philippa Carr

Research paper thumbnail of Conference Review: Finnish Social Psychology Conference: Social Psychology of History and History of Social Psychology

Social Psychological Review, 2018

Copyright © and Moral Rights are retained by the author(s) and/ or other copyright owners. A copy... more Copyright © and Moral Rights are retained by the author(s) and/ or other copyright owners. A copy can be downloaded for personal non-commercial research or study, without prior permission or charge. This item cannot be reproduced or quoted extensively from without first obtaining permission in writing from the copyright holder(s). The content must not be changed in any way or sold commercially in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.

Research paper thumbnail of Getting what you deserve?

The Psychologist, 2022

Against the backdrop of Brexit, a pandemic, war in Ukraine, a cost-of-living crisis, and the UK G... more Against the backdrop of Brexit, a pandemic, war in Ukraine, a cost-of-living crisis, and the UK Government’s 2019 manifesto promise to ‘level-up’, income inequality should be at the forefront of psychological research…

Research paper thumbnail of ‘You come back fighting. That’s what gives you the drive to achieve’: The extraordinary psychological construction of the super-rich in entertainment documentaries

Discourse & Society, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of ‘I don’t think there is any moral basis for taking money away from people’: using discursive psychology to explore the complexity of talk about tax

Critical Discourse Studies, 2018

The increasing recognition of the negative impact of income inequality has highlighted the import... more The increasing recognition of the negative impact of income inequality has highlighted the importance of taxation which can function as a redistributive mechanism. Previous critical social psychological research found that talk about restricting the welfare state, that is funded through tax, is formed of ideology that supports the maintenance of income inequality. Therefore, this research explores how speakers use talk about tax to justify income inequality during a UK BBC radio discussion, 'Moral Maze: The moral purpose of tax' which involved public figures discussing the role of tax. This programme was analysed from a critical discursive psychological perspective. It was found that two contrasting constructions of tax were presented: tax as a collective responsibility or tax as an individual burden, whereby speakers drew on social justice and individualistic ideology respectively. Arguments for high tax rates are problematic due to the acceptability of inequality in a meritocracy. By presenting wealthy individuals as more deserving than the less affluent, arguments for higher tax come to be challenged.

Research paper thumbnail of The just world hypothesis as an argumentative resource in debates about unemployment benefits

Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology

Research paper thumbnail of Extending the boundaries of political communication: How ideology can be examined in super-rich television documentaries using Discursive Psychology

Political Communication , 2020

Research paper thumbnail of Book Review: Day, K. et al., Critical Social Psychology of Social Class, London: Palgrave MacMillan

BPS Political Psychology Bulletin, 2020

Research paper thumbnail of Political Psychology: Critical PerspectivesTileagăCristianPolitical Psychology: Critical Perspectives, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge; New York, 2013; 232 pp.: £60.00

European Journal of Communication

Research paper thumbnail of Book review: Discursive psychology: theory, method and applications: Wiggins, S., 2017, Los Angeles, Sage.

Qualitative Research in Psychology, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of Conference Review: Finnish Social Psychology Conference: Social Psychology of History and History of Social Psychology

Social Psychological Review, 2018

Copyright © and Moral Rights are retained by the author(s) and/ or other copyright owners. A copy... more Copyright © and Moral Rights are retained by the author(s) and/ or other copyright owners. A copy can be downloaded for personal non-commercial research or study, without prior permission or charge. This item cannot be reproduced or quoted extensively from without first obtaining permission in writing from the copyright holder(s). The content must not be changed in any way or sold commercially in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.

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