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Authoritarianism and political choice in France

open access: yesActa Politica, 2017
Authoritarianism is a key concept in personality psychology, with a strong impact on political behavior in the United States. Yet, it has rarely been included in studies of political behavior in Europe.
Pavlos Vasilopoulos, Romain Lachat
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Authoritarianism and Political Behavior.

Public Opinion Quarterly, 1953
I N common sense language, the authoritarian is the individual who is concerned with power and toughness and who is prone to resolve conflict in an arbitrary manner. He is seen as having strong and persistent desires that others submit to his outlook. Social psychology in recent years has added the observation that the authoritarian person has another ...
Morris Janowitz, Dwaine Marvick
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Authoritarianism and Political Conflict

2023
Abstract In this chapter we review recent research on authoritarianism with the goal of addressing major issues of conceptualization, measurement, and political consequences. We highlight a conceptualization of authoritarianism that identifies the desire for social cohesion and defense of ingroup norms as central to the dynamics of ...
Stanley Feldman, Christopher Weber
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Is Political Conservatism Synonymous With Authoritarianism?

The Journal of Social Psychology, 2005
The authors performed 2 studies that tested the distinction between conservative political ideology and right-wing authoritarianism (RWA). Across these studies, moderate relationships emerged between RWA and our measures of cognitive rigidity, whereas the relationship between rigidity and mainstream conservative ideology was not as strong.
H Michael, Crowson   +2 more
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Judicial Politics in Authoritarian Regimes

University of Toronto Law Journal, 2009
This review article draws out some of the major jurisprudential lessons that can be learned from a series of case studies of judicial politics in authoritarian regimes. Such regimes need to portray themselves as respectful of the rule of law to prolong their grip on power; they therefore tolerate independent courts, because an independent judiciary is
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Beyond Politics: Authoritarianism and the Pursuit of Leisure

The Journal of Social Psychology, 2006
Psychologists know a lot about the political and ideological correlates of people scoring high on authoritarianism. However, psychologists have less knowledge about such people's everyday pursuits. In the present study, the authors examined authoritarian interest in film, live events, music, and reading. A predictable pattern of correlates emerged. For
Peterson, Bill E., Pang, Joyce S.
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Authoritarianism, Economic Liberalism, and Political Preference

Psychological Reports, 1972
Investigation of the political behavior of 293 Wisconsin adults in a gubernatorial election suggests that, while authoritarianism has some effect on political behavior, this is small and attenuated by more important economic considerations. Political man is, in large part, economic man.
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The Politics of Authoritarian Rule

2012
What drives politics in dictatorships? Milan W. Svolik argues authoritarian regimes must resolve two fundamental conflicts. Dictators face threats from the masses over which they rule - the problem of authoritarian control. Secondly from the elites with whom dictators rule - the problem of authoritarian power-sharing.
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Authoritarian Governance, Power, and the Politics of Rescaling

Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 2000
In this paper I critically assess the alleged process of globalisation of the world economy. Five interrelated themes are addressed. First, I argue that the ‘real’ myth of the globalisation discourse is part of an intensifying ideological, political, socioeconomic, and cultural struggle over the organisation of society and the position of the citizen ...
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