The Authoritarian Dynamic » (1st Edition)

Karen Stenner is Assistant Professor of Politics at Princeton University where she has been teaching since
1998. She has previously taught at Duke University. She is the recipient of the Stanley Kelly Teaching Award awarded by the Department of Politics at Princeton University in
2001. Professor Stenner is the co-author of Electoral Behavior: Introduction to Theories, Methods, and Data (ACSPRI, 1992) and has co-authored articles in Political Behavior, Political Psychology, and Australian Journal of Political Science, among others.

This book develops a general theory of intolerance of difference.

1. Introduction: the authoritarian dynamic;
2. Kindred spirits, common spark: the theory of the authoritarian dynamic;
3. Manipulating threat and reassurance: data and methods;
4. The authoritarian dynamic and the politics of fear: Putting the pieces of the puzzle together;
5. Authoritarianism and conservatism across cultures;
6. Authoritarianism and conservatism: how they differ and when it matters;
7. One true people: putting a dace on the theory;
8. One right way: fleshing out the portrait;
9. Manning the barricades: racism and Intolerance under conditions of normative threat;
10. The authoritarian dynamic: implications.