Liberalism and Conservatism: The Nature and Structure of Social Attitudes

by Fred N. Kerlinger

Book Overview

Originally published in 1984, this book proposes a structural theory of social attitudes, presents the empirical evidence for the theory, and defines and explores liberalism and conservatism and the justification for associating social attitudes with these terms. The core ideas are that the structure of social attitudes, those sets of beliefs about social "objects" or referents shared by many or most people of a society, is basically dualistic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032150211
• ISBN13: 9781032150215
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 308 Pages