The Authoritarians

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For those of you who are interested in this sort of thing , the research of Professor Robert Altemeyer was used by John Dean (Nixon's White House counsel) when researching his book Conservatives Without Conscience.    At Dean's urging Altemeyer wrote a book for laymen on his 40 or so years of study of authoritarianism and has made it freely available on the web in PDF form. It consists of an introduction and 7 chapters.

Introduction

Who Are the Authoritarian Followers?

The Roots of Authoritarian Aggression, and Authoritarianism Itself

How Authoritarian Followers Think

Authoritarian Followers and Religious Fundamentalism

Authoritarian Leaders

Authoritarianism and Politics

What's To Be Done?

Addendeum: Main site is http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~altemey/ and includes a postscript on the 2008 election.