Research Catalog

Title

Right-wing authoritarianism / Bob Altemeyer.

Author

Altemeyer, Bob, 1940-

Publication

[Winnipeg] : University of Manitoba Press, ©1981.

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Details

Description

352 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"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."

Subject

• Authoritarianism
• Right and left (Political science)
• Conservatism
• Authority
• Attitude (Psychology)
• Dogmatism
• Authoritarianism
• Attitude
• conservatism
• Dogmatism
• Authority
• Conservatism
• Autoritarismus

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. [331]-347.

Contents

Introduction -- A critique of previous social psychological research on right-wing authoritarianism -- The response set issue -- A suggested conceptualization of right-wing authoritarianism -- A test of the construct validity of the RWA and five other authoritarianism scales -- Explorations of the dynamics and covariates of right-wing authoritarianism -- Some exploratory findings on the origins of right-wing authoritarianism -- Epilog Appendix I: Questionnaires used in the item analysis studies which led to the initial version of the Right-Wing Authoritarianism Scale -- Appendix II: The seven authoritarian scales used in the "pitting experiments" -- Appendix III: Supplementary rules for scoring the "moral dilemma" protocols -- Appendix IV: Letter sent to parents in 1979 study.

ISBN

• 0887551246
• 9780887551246

LCCN

81195833

OCLC

• ocm08015661
• 8015661
• SCSB-8802681

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library