Re: [POLITICS]: what makes a conservative

From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Jul 30 2003 - 23:38:31 MDT

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    What do they say are the core factors of political liberalism? What
    sort of liberalism (vs. what sort of conservatism???)???

    --- Michael Wiik <mwiik@messagenet.com> wrote:
    > <<Four researchers who culled through 50 years of research literature
    >
    > about the psychology of conservatism report that at the core of
    > political conservatism is the resistance to change and a tolerance
    > for
    > inequality, and that some of the common psychological factors linked
    > to
    > political conservatism include:
    >
    > * Fear and aggression
    > * Dogmatism and intolerance of ambiguity
    > * Uncertainty avoidance
    > * Need for cognitive closure
    > * Terror management>>
    >
    > http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2003/07/22_politics.shtml
    >
    > fun stuff,
    > -Mike
    >
    > --
    >
    ======================================================================
    > Michael Wiik
    > Principal
    > Messagenet Communications Research
    > http://messagenet.com
    >
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    >
    >
    >

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