Revolt from the Right: Russia’s Right-Wing Students Between Conservatism and Radicalism

Right Wing Authoritarianism 1 Running Head: RIGHT-WING AUTHORITARIANISM AND RAPE MYTH Right-Wing Authoritarianism and Rape Myth Acceptance in Female College Students

The significance of high or low right-wing authoritarianism on rape myth acceptance in female college students was investigated. One hundred and fifty-eight college undergraduates answered an anonymous questionnaire containing a modified version of Altemeyer’s (1996) Right-Wing Authoritarian Scale (RWA) and Burt’s (1980) Rape Myth Acceptance Scale (RMA) and related subscales: acceptance of inte...

Charitable Conservatism, Poverty Radicalism and Good Old Fashioned

In his Presidential Address to the European Economic Association, Tony Atkinson introduced the idea of a “Charitable Conservatism” position in public policy, which “exhibits a degree of concern for the poor, but this is the limit of the redistributional concern and there is indifference with respect to transfers above the poverty line.” This contrasts with the perspective of poverty indices, wh...

The right attitude: gender, conservatism, and career choice

Despite reductions in overt sexism and structural barriers to the advancement of women in the workforce, differences in the representation of women and men in various careers remain. Specifically, women tend to be overrepresented in traditionally feminine careers, which also tend to be lower in prestige and pay. The present study explored potential gender-related barriers to women’s advancement...

Religious right or irreligious right

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The American right-wing policy agenda.