Open versus Closed - Johnston, Christopher D. (Duke University, North Carolina); Lavine, Howard G. (University of Minnesota); Federico, Christopher M. (University of Minnesota)
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"Debates over redistribution, social welfare, and market regulation are central to American politics. Why do some of us prefer a large role for government in the economic life of the nation while others prefer a smaller role? In Open Versus Closed, the authors argue that these preferences are not always what they seem. They show how deep-seated personality traits underpinning the culture wars over race and immigration, sexuality, gender roles, and religion influence debates about economics, binding cultural and economic preferences together in unexpected ways. Integrating insights from both…mehr

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"Debates over redistribution, social welfare, and market regulation are central to American politics. Why do some of us prefer a large role for government in the economic life of the nation while others prefer a smaller role? In Open Versus Closed, the authors argue that these preferences are not always what they seem. They show how deep-seated personality traits underpinning the culture wars over race and immigration, sexuality, gender roles, and religion influence debates about economics, binding cultural and economic preferences together in unexpected ways. Integrating insights from both psychology and political science - and twenty years of observational and experimental data - the authors reveal the deeper motivations driving attitudes toward government. The book concludes that for the politically engaged these attitudes are not primarily driven by self-interest but by a desire to express the traits and cultural commitments that define their identities"--
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Autorenporträt
Christopher D. Johnston is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Duke University, North Carolina. He is co-author of The Ambivalent Partisan: How Critical Loyalty Promotes Democracy (with Howard G. Lavine and Marco R. Steenbergen, 2012), which won both the David O. Sears award from the International Society of Political Psychology and the Robert E. Lane award from the American Political Science Association. His peer-reviewed research has been published in the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, Public Opinion Quarterly, Political Psychology, American Politics Research, and elsewhere.