Hypocrisy in American Political Attitudes A Defense of Attitudinal Incongruence
Title:
Hypocrisy in American Political Attitudes A Defense of Attitudinal Incongruence
ISBN:
9783319540122
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Edition:
1st ed. 2018.
Publication Information New:
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Physical Description:
XII, 373 p. 14 illus. online resource.
Contents:
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. .
Abstract:
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?
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Language:
English