1 option
Personality and the Challenges of Democratic Governance : How Unconscious Thought Influences Political Understanding / by Aaron Dusso.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dusso, Aaron., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Elections.
- Political science.
- America--Politics and government.
- America.
- Personality.
- Difference (Psychology).
- Electoral Politics.
- Political Science.
- American Politics.
- Personality and Differential Psychology.
- Local Subjects:
- Electoral Politics.
- Political Science.
- American Politics.
- Personality and Differential Psychology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (XV, 203 p. 6 illus.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2017.
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
- Summary:
- This book examines how the five-factor model of personality (also known as the Big Five)-extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability/neuroticism, and openness to experience-influence individuals' ability to understand and engage in four areas of civic life. First, it documents how personality influences individuals when connecting abstract concepts like liberal or conservative to specific public policy preferences. Second, it demonstrates how understanding basic political facts is often conditional on these traits. Third, it tests the role that personality plays in citizens' capacity to fulfill the basic demands that democratic governance places on them, such as connecting their own policy preferences to the correct political party. Fourth, it reveals how personality traits can blind people to the role government plays in their lives, while simultaneously causing them to vilify more visible beneficiaries of government programs. Ultimately, thisbook will engage both scholars and civic-minded individuals interested in understanding the hidden factors driving political behavior.
- Contents:
- 1. Democratic Demands and Citizen Capabilities
- 2. Ideological Cognitive Dissonance
- 3. Just the Facts: Citizen Issue Comprehension
- 4. Connecting Attitudes to Party Positions
- 5. Hidden State and the Punitive Public
- 6. Personality's Role in Shaping Civic Aptitude.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9783319536033
- 3319536036
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.