Liberalism and Conservatism: The Nature and Structure of Social Attitudes

ISBN-13: 9781032149820 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 308 str.

Fred N. Kerlinger

Opis

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.

Spis treści

Preface.  1. Attitudes and "Attitude Man"  2. Liberalism and Conservatism  3. The Criterial Referents Theory of Attitudes  4. Methodology  5. The Measurement of Liberalism and Conservatism: A Review  6. Attitudes Toward Education  7. Social Attitude Statement and Referent Scales  8. The Structure of Social Attitude Referents: A Cross-Cultural Study  9. Social Attitudes Similarities and Differences in Four Western Countries  10. Analysis of Covariance Structure Tests of Duality and Bipolarity  11. The Research of Others  12. The Structure and Content of Social Attitudes: A Perspective.  Appendix A: Factor Analysis.  Appendix B: Social and Educational Attitude Scales.  Appendix C: Response Set Research.  References.  Author Index.  Subject Index.

O autorze

Fred N. Kerlinger