The Authoritarian Specter

by Bob Altemeyer

The bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City, the emergence of militias and skinheads, the rise of the religious right, the attacks on Planned Parenthood clinics, the backlash against equal rights movements, the increase in poverty...these, according to Bob Altemeyer, are all versions of one story--the authoritarian personality in action. But aren't authoritarians Nazi types, kooks, the Klan? These are just the extreme examples, he argues...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674053052
• ISBN13: 9780674053052
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.8" x 9.6"