TY - JOUR
T1 - Authoritarianism without dominant ideology
T2 - Political manifestations of authoritarian attitudes in Hungary
AU - Todosijević, Bojan
AU - Enyedi, Zsolt
PY - 2008/10
Y1 - 2008/10
N2 - Since the publication of Adorno, Frenkel-Brunswik, Levinson, and Sanford's (1950) classic study, considerable debate has developed concerning the political and ideological correlates of authoritarianism. This paper examines relationships between authoritarianism, on the one hand, and self-identification with ideological labels, attitudes toward political extremists, and party preferences, on the other hand. The survey data have been collected in Hungary between 1994 and 2002. Findings indicate that it is the center-right ideology and political orientation that attracts most authoritarians, yet authoritarian extreme-left also survives. The findings also show that liberal orientation and center-left identification constitute the political counter-pole of authoritarianism. Extreme-right supporters are found to be attracted only to particular aspects of authoritarianism.
AB - Since the publication of Adorno, Frenkel-Brunswik, Levinson, and Sanford's (1950) classic study, considerable debate has developed concerning the political and ideological correlates of authoritarianism. This paper examines relationships between authoritarianism, on the one hand, and self-identification with ideological labels, attitudes toward political extremists, and party preferences, on the other hand. The survey data have been collected in Hungary between 1994 and 2002. Findings indicate that it is the center-right ideology and political orientation that attracts most authoritarians, yet authoritarian extreme-left also survives. The findings also show that liberal orientation and center-left identification constitute the political counter-pole of authoritarianism. Extreme-right supporters are found to be attracted only to particular aspects of authoritarianism.
KW - Authoritarianism
KW - Extremism
KW - Hungary
KW - Ideology
KW - Political parties
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=51149117029&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2008.00663.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2008.00663.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:51149117029
SN - 0162-895X
VL - 29
SP - 767
EP - 787
JO - Political Psychology
JF - Political Psychology
IS - 5
ER -