The Authoritarian Personality, 50 years later: What lessons are there for political psychology?

Political Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-26

  Martin, John Levi ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adorno et al; Authoritarian personality; Authoritarianism; Symbolic racism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035580897     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0162-895X.00223     Document Type: Article

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