Karen Stenner The Authoritarian Dynamic (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Authoritarian DynamicCondition: NewEAN: 9780521534789ISBN: 9780521534789Publisher: Cambridge University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 08/01/2005Description: What is the basis for intolerance? This book addresses that question by developing a universal theory about what causes intolerance of difference in general, which includes racism, political intolerance (e.g. restriction of free speech), moral intolerance (e.g. homophobia, supporting censorship, opposing abortion) and punitiveness. It demonstrates that all these seemingly disparate attitudes are principally caused by just two factors: individuals' innate psychological predispositions to intolerance ('authoritarianism') interacting with changing conditions of societal threat. The threatening conditions, resonant particularly in the present political climate, that exacerbate authoritarian attitudes include national economic downturn, rapidly rising crime rates, civil dissent and unrest, loss of confidence in social institutions, presidential unpopularity, divisive presidential campaigns, and internal or external crises that undermine national pride or confidence. Using purpose-built experimental manipulations, cross-national survey data and in-depth personal interviews with extreme authoritarians, the book shows that this simple model provides the most complete account of intolerance.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 155mmItem Width: 23mmItem Weight: 590gAuthor: Karen StennerGenre: Law & PoliticsBook Series: Cambridge Studies in Public Opinion and Political PsychologyRelease Year: 2005 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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