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Il Politico, 1975, 15, (4), 700-705.

Authoritarianism as a variable in political research



David J. Hanson

.... In the United States, preference for either the Democratic or Republican party does not seem to be associated with authoritarianism (Adorno et al., 1950; McClosky, 1958, 1960; Campbell et al., 1960; Stillman et al., 1960; Wrightsman et al., 1961; Leventhal et al., 1964; Nudelman, 1972). It is important to note that greater differences in authoritarianism have been observed between liberal and conservative wings within a given party than between parties (Adorno et al., 1950; Wrightsman et al., 1961)....

References

CAMPBELL, A., CONVERSE, P., MILLER, W., & STOKES, D., The American voter. New York, Wiley, 1960.

LEVENTHAL, H., JACOBS, R. L., & KURDIRKA, N. Z., Authoritarianism, ideology, and political candidate choice. J. Abnorm. Social Psychology, 1964, 64, 539-549.

McCLOSKY, H., Conservatism and personality. American Political Science Review, 1958, 52, 27-45.

McCLOSKY, H., Perspectives on personality and foreign policy. World Politics, 1960, 13, 129-139.

NUDELMAN, A. E., Authoritarianism, economic liberalism, and political preference. Psychological Reports, 1972, 30, 27-33.

STILLMAN, J., GUTHRIE, G., & BECKER, S., Determinants Of political party choice. Journal of Social Psychology, 1960, 51, 165-171.

WRIGHTSMAN, L. S., Jr., RADLOFF, R. W., HORTON, D. L., & MECHERIKOFF, M., Authoritarian attitudes and presidential voting preferences. Psychological Reports, 1961, 8, 43-46.




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