Add to ORKGThe present dissertation examined why people adopt or endorse certain political ideologies (i.e., liberal or conservative). According to a motivated social cognition perspective (Jost, Glaser, Kruglanski, & Sulloway, 2003a; Kruglansl<i, 1996), individuals adopt political ideologies to fulfill dispositional and situationally induced needs or motivations. Previous research has found that political conservatism is related to a number of psychological needs (e.g., Jost, Glaser et aI., 2003a). However, there is minimal research examining why individuals adopt political liberalism. By focussing on the political right and not considering the political left, there might be other motivational underpinnings of political orientation that have ...
182 pagesThe left-right political divide is among the most contentious in modern society, often elic...
Thesis advisor: Stephen HudsonThere has been a growing consensus within political philosophy that li...
Political conservatism has been characterized by resistance to change and acceptance of inequality, ...
How can liberal policy programs remain widely supported and liberal politicians continue to win elec...
The thesis argues that the relationship between liberalism and conservatism is closer than is common...
How do liberals and conservatives differ? Existing evidence suggests clear divergences on cognitive ...
Thesis (B.A.) in Political Science--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1992.Includes biblio...
In the following thesis I examine the possible evolutionary significance of behavioural differences ...
Previous research in a wide variety of policy domains (e.g., azidothymidine for AIDS patients, low-i...
At the recent 30th Annual PsyPAG Conference in Glasgow, I was fortunate enough to be awarded the org...
Self identification as liberal has declined quite notably in the United States since the mid 1960s. ...
Issues of community have become an important focus in the field of political theory in North America...
Posited motivational differences between liberals and conservatives have historically been controve...
Current research suggests that there are differences in the moral foundations of liberals and conser...
Despite continuous polarisation along political party lines, it remains unclear how differences in ...
182 pagesThe left-right political divide is among the most contentious in modern society, often elic...
Thesis advisor: Stephen HudsonThere has been a growing consensus within political philosophy that li...
Political conservatism has been characterized by resistance to change and acceptance of inequality, ...
How can liberal policy programs remain widely supported and liberal politicians continue to win elec...
The thesis argues that the relationship between liberalism and conservatism is closer than is common...
How do liberals and conservatives differ? Existing evidence suggests clear divergences on cognitive ...
Thesis (B.A.) in Political Science--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1992.Includes biblio...
In the following thesis I examine the possible evolutionary significance of behavioural differences ...
Previous research in a wide variety of policy domains (e.g., azidothymidine for AIDS patients, low-i...
At the recent 30th Annual PsyPAG Conference in Glasgow, I was fortunate enough to be awarded the org...
Self identification as liberal has declined quite notably in the United States since the mid 1960s. ...
Issues of community have become an important focus in the field of political theory in North America...
Posited motivational differences between liberals and conservatives have historically been controve...
Current research suggests that there are differences in the moral foundations of liberals and conser...
Despite continuous polarisation along political party lines, it remains unclear how differences in ...
182 pagesThe left-right political divide is among the most contentious in modern society, often elic...
Thesis advisor: Stephen HudsonThere has been a growing consensus within political philosophy that li...
Political conservatism has been characterized by resistance to change and acceptance of inequality, ...