Enforcing Social Conformity: A Theory of Authoritarianism

By S. Feldman. 2003

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Subfields: Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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The Economic Origins of Authoritarian Values: Evidence From Local Trade Shocks in the United Kingdom (2021, neutral): “, 1991; Norris & Inglehart, 2019; Perrin, 2005; Sales, 1973) or individual-level correlations between economic characteristics and authoritarian values (Feldman, 2003; Stenner, 2005; Sniderman et al., 2002).”
The Aggression-Submission-Conventionalism Scale: Testing a New Three Factor Measure of Authoritarianism (2016, positive): “Without a validated multidimensional measure, authoritarianism research will remain in a theoretical vacuum (see Feldman, 2003, for a detailed critique of Altemeyer’s RWA scale).”
Personality and Political Attitudes: Relationships across Issue Domains and Political Contexts (2010, background): “These adaptations include, among others, RWA (e.g., Adorno et al. 1950; Altemeyer 1996; Ekehammar et al. 2004; Feldman 2003; Feldman and Stenner 1997; Hetherington and Weiler 2009; Stenner 2005), SDO (e.g., Ekehammar et al. 2004; Sidanius and Pratto 1999; Sidanius, Pratto, and Bobo 1996), Racial…”
Not All Ideologies are Created Equal: Epistemic, Existential, and Relational Needs Predict System-Justifying Attitudes (2012, background): “For example, people who value conformity are more conservative, traditional, and authoritarian than are those who do not (Cavazza & Mucchi-Faina, 2008; Feldman, 2003; Schwartz, Melech , Lehmann, Burgess, Harris, & Owens, 2001).”
The psychological roots of populist voting: Evidence from the United States, the Netherlands and Germany (2016, background): “radicalism or extremism (Adorno et al., 1950; Altemeyer, 1997; Duckitt & Sibley, 2010; Feldman, 2003; Frenkel-Brunswik, 1948; Lipset, 1960; Van Hiel, 2012).”
Linking Genetics and Political Attitudes: Reconceptualizing Political Ideology (2011, background): “It is unclear, for example, that being conscientious or valuing order would directly affect an individual’s attitudes toward support for federal housing, capitalism, the Iraq War, or bailing out the auto industry during a severe economic downturn.”
Attitudes Toward Immigration: The Role of Personal Predispositions (2016, background): “…of authoritarianism and interethnic contact (here, contact with immigrants), which have been shown to be important predictors of both interethnic prejudice and intolerance more generally (Feldman, 2003; Pettigrew & Tropp, 2006; Oyamot, Borgida, & Fisher, 2006; Sniderman, Hagendoorn, & Prior, 2004).”
The “Antidemocratic Personality” Revisited: A Cross‐National Investigation of Working‐Class Authoritarianism (2008, background): “Feldman (2003) argued that authoritarianism can be captured on a dimension of social conformity versus personal autonomy.”
No Place for Nostalgia in Science: A Response to Arkes and Tetlock (2004, background): “A close relation between authoritarianism and prejudice would be expected if the outgroup is perceived as violating or threatening the conventional norms of society (Feldman, 2003) or if society or its leaders endorse, reinforce, and accept racial prejudice.”
Conflict, Identity, and Tolerance: Israel in the Al‐Aqsa Intifada (2006, background): “More recent conceptualizations by Duckitt and Feldman have attempted to redefine authoritarianism as standing dispositions, enduring values, or social worldviews (Duckitt, 1989, 2003; Feldman, 2003).”
Why are conservatives less concerned about the coronavirus (COVID-19) than liberals? Comparing political, experiential, and partisan messaging explanations (2020, background): “…psychological research and theory suggesting strong ties between conservative ideology and threat (e.g., Altemeyer, 1996; Duckitt & Sibley, 2010; Feldman, 2003; see Choma & Hanoch, 2017, for discussion) – and especially to direct physical threats such as disease (for summaries, see Conway et…”
Flight into Security: A New Approach and Measure of the Authoritarian Personality (2005, background): “More recently the idea of authoritarianism as a personality trait has been given up (Duckitt, 1989; Feldman, 2003).”
Interpersonal Attachment and Patterns of Ideological Belief (2007, background): “This is thought to result in the personality trait of social conformity and a general view of the world as dangerous and threatening (see also Altemeyer, 1998; Duckitt & Fisher, 2003; Feldman, 2003; Lavine, Lodge, & Freitas, 2005).”