Hypocrisy in American Political Attitudes

A Defense of Attitudinal Incongruence
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-85296-6
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 373 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 501 g

This book illuminates, and ultimately defends, attitudinal hypocrisy within the personal politics of Americans by utilizing statistical analyses within political history, social psychology, public opinion, and political science. Within a simple and parsimonious model of political attitudes, along with a novel method of calculating and operationalizing what attitudinal hypocrisy is, the book argues that the wielding of conflicting attitudes is a necessary characteristic of the American electorate. It uses an innovative multidisciplinary approach to answer some of the most pervasive questions in American politics: Why do conservatives preach the value of economic libertarianism, but decry the lack of government involvement in social issues and the military? Why do liberals extol the virtues of a regulatory economic state, but not a cultural or military state?

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Collins, Timothy P.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Wahlen und Volksabstimmungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Soziologie und Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Öffentliche Meinung und Umfragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Kommunikation und Partizipation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. What Is Political Hypocrisy and Why Does it Matter?.- 2.Psychological Dispositions, Political Orientations, and a Theoretical Framework of Ideological Differences in Attitudinal Hypocrisy.- 3. Gay Is the New Black (But Black Is Still Black): The History and Current Trends of Attitudinal Hypocrisy.- 4. Analyzing and Predicting Hypocrisy in the Electorate.- 5. Having Your Cake and Eating It Too: Using Cognitive Dissonance to Explore Attitudinal Hypocrisy.- 6. What Good Is Cake If You Can’t Eat It?: Prescriptions for and Conclusions About American Attitudinal Hypocrisy. 

Über Autor(innen)

Timothy P. Collins is Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science at St. Olaf College, USA.