AUTHORITARIANISM AND THE REVIVAL OF POLITICAL RACISM: REASSESSMENTS IN THE NETHERLANDS OF THE RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF THE CONCEPT OF AUTHORITARIANISM BY ADORNO ET AL

In: Political psychology: journal of the International Society of Political Psychology, Band 9, Heft 3, S. 413-430

Abstract

THE SUPPORTERS OF A RIGHT-WING EXTREMIST AND RACIST PARTY, WHICH HELD A SEAT IN THE DUTCH PARLIAMENT, HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO BE HIGHLY AUTHORITARIAN AND ETHNOCENTRIC. RESEARCH AMONG A LARGE NUMBER OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE NETHERLANDS PROVES THAT THE CONCEPTS AND INSTRUMENTS OF ADORNO ET AL. ARE RELIABLE AND VALID. AUTHORITARIANISM IS RELATED TO ETHNOCENTRISM, RIGHT-WING EXTREMISM, CONSERVATISM, AND ANTI-FEMINISM. THIS WAS DEMONSTRATED USING SCALING METHODS AND IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT AUTHORITARIANISM IS NOT ONLY RELATED TO POTENTIAL FASCISM BUT ALSO TO ACTUAL FASCISM.