Right-Wing Authoritarianism

By Bob Altemeyer
Categories: Health, Social Work & Psychology, Psychology
Publisher: University of Manitoba Press
Hardcover : 9780887551246, 364 pages, January 1981
Paperback : 9780887558832, 364 pages, June 2020
Ebook (PDF) : 9780887558894, January 1983
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Table of contents

Introduction
1. A critique of previous social psychological research on right-wing authoritarianism
2. The response set issue
3. A suggested conceptualization of right-wing authoritarianism
4. A test of the construct validity of the RWA and five other authoritarian scales
5. Explorations of the dynamics and covariates of right-wing authoritarianism
6. Some exploratory findings on the origins of right-wing authoritarianism
Epilog
Appendixes
Notes

Description

Altemeyer begins by closely examining the scientific lieterature on right-wing authoritarianism. This timely volume surveys the history of social psychological research on right-wing authoritarianism and describes a more fruitful direction for future work. It concludes with a disturbing comment on the pervasiveness of autoritarian behaviour in our society.