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*    Preface
*    Table of Contents

PART I:  ISSUES AND EXAMPLES OF CONVERSION AND COMMITMENT

   * CHAPTER 1: Introduction
   * CHAPTER 2: Coercive and Cult Related Conversions
   * CHAPTER 3: Socially Sanctioned Programs for Conversion and Commitment

PART II:  THEORIES AND RESEARCH ON CONVERSION AND COMMITMENT

   * CHAPTER 4: Major Theories of Ideological Conversion
   * CHAPTER 5: Major Theories of Commitment
   * CHAPTER 6: The Social Psychology of Ideological Conversion

PART III: UNDERMINING OF THE ORIGINAL ATTITUDE-BEHAVIOR-COGNITION SYSTEM - (ABC SYSTEM): STAGE 1 OF THE SIX-COMPONENT MODEL

   * CHAPTER 7: Component 1-  Massive Threat to the Original ABC System
   * CHAPTER 8: Component 2-  Undermining of Internal Resources for Coping with Threat to the          Original ABC System
   * CHAPTER 9: Component 3-  Undermining of External Resources for Coping with Threat to the Original ABC System

PART IV: ACCEPTANCE, CONSOLIDATION, AND COMMITMENT TO A NEW IDEOLOGY:
STAGE 2 OF THE SIX-COMPONENT MODEL
   CHAPTER 10:  Component 4- Provision of External Resources for Support of the New Ideology
   CHAPTER 11:  Component 5- Acceptance and Internalization of the New Ideology
   CHAPTER 12:  Component 6- Consolidation and Commitment to the New Ideology

PART IV: CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS
   CHAPTER 13:  Revisiting of Case Studies in the Light of New Social Psychological Theory of Conversion and Commitment
   CHAPTER 14:  Final Thoughts on Conversion and Commitment to Ideology

 *   BIBLIOGRAPHY
 *   APPENDIX 1: Foundations of Systems of Orientation

     Index