SURVEY OF THE APPROACHES ТО AUTHORITARIANISM AND SIMILAR PHENOMENA Cover Image

ПРЕГЛЕД ПРИСТУПА ЗА ИЗУЧАВАЊЕ АУТОРИТАРНОСТИ И СРОДНИХ ФЕНОМЕНА
SURVEY OF THE APPROACHES ТО AUTHORITARIANISM AND SIMILAR PHENOMENA

Author(s): Nebojša Petrović
Subject(s): Government/Political systems, Evaluation research
Published by: Српско социолошко друштво
Keywords: authoritarianism; conservatism; antidemocratic; ethnocentrism; scale;

Summary/Abstract: The concept of authoritarianism remains vital through the time. It could be affected by the political context. Vitality of this concept has been enhanced by the demonstration of its relevance in many diverse areas. This paper present many approaches in better understanding this phenomenon. A number of different approaches of authoritarianism and similar concepts has been developed. Wilson, Ray and McCloskey connected authoritarianism with conservativism. Tomkins in his polarity theory connected affects and ideology. He claims that humanistic or left-wing personality scripts are related to liberal or low-authoritarian personal tendencies, which is connected with children raising. Gerda Lederer conducted cross-cultural investigation where she has developed New General Authoritarianism scale. Jos Meloen conducted many meta-analysis confirming validity of authoritarianism scales. Some other authors primary considered authoritarianism as a group phenomenon.

  • Issue Year: 37/2003
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 101-115
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Serbian
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