* 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 Six-Component Model
   CHAPTER 14:  Final Thoughts on Conversion and Commitment to Ideology

 *   BIBLIOGRAPHY

 *   APPENDIX 1: Foundations of Systems of Orientation

     Index
 
 * NOTE:  Sections with an (*) have been completed as of January 14, 2000