Much of the literature on political psychology presents compelling evidence in favor of the notion that people subscribe to either liberal or conservative political ideologies because they think or process information along different psychosocial dimensions. ... According to Napier et al., in Political Ideology:
Its Structure, Functions, and Elective Affinities, these psychological preferences translate into policy in terms of maintaining the status quo and the tolerance of inequality due to a perception of a hierarchically configured society (309-311). ... As one would expect, in terms of c...

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