Hypocrisy in American Political Attitudes: A Defense of Attitudinal Incongruence
Author:   Timothy P. Collins
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2018
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9783319540115


Pages:   373
Publication Date:   07 August 2017
Format:   Hardback
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Hypocrisy in American Political Attitudes: A Defense of Attitudinal Incongruence


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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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Author:   Timothy P. Collins
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2018
Weight:   6.014kg
ISBN:  

9783319540115


ISBN 10:   3319540114
Pages:   373
Publication Date:   07 August 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of 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. 

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

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