Liberalism and Conservatism: The Nature and Structure of Social Attitudes (Psychology Revivals) - Softcover

Kerlinger, Fred N.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1032150211 ISBN 13: 9781032150215

Publisher: Routledge, 2023

Synopsis

Originally published in 1984, this book proposes a structural theory of social attitudes, presents the empirical evidence for the theory, and defines and explores liberalism and conservatism and the justification for associating social attitudes with these terms. The core ideas are that the structure of social attitudes, those sets of beliefs about social "objects" or referents shared by many or most people of a society, is basically dualistic rather than bipolar, and that the referents of social attitudes are differentially criterial to individuals and groups of individuals. The common belief that social attitudes are polarized, with liberal beliefs at once end of a continuum and conservative beliefs at the other end, is questioned. Instead, liberalism and conservatism are conceived as separate and independent sets of beliefs. The book will elaborate and explain these statements and bring evidence to bear on the empirical validity.

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Fred N. Kerlinger

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032150211
• ISBN 13: 9781032150215
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 308