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Surveys various attempts to move beyond the categories of Left & Right in making distinctions in political orientations among social groups. It is argued that the work of such scholars as Giovanni Sartori (1982), Norberto Bobbio (1983), & Dino Confrancesco (1984) ends in essentializing these categories rather than creating viable alternatives. Moreover, to the extent that these categorizations function as ideal-types within theoretical constructs wholly devised by the authors, they do not correspond to empirical reality. These authors therefore risk losing themselves within the many varieties of Right & Left that they inevitably observe as they turn to empirical questions. A call is made to overcome rigid metapolitical frameworks devised in the nineteenth century that do not capture the political reality of the late twentieth century. D. M. Smith

Research recently published in Political Psychology suggested that political intolerance is more strongly predicted by political conservatism than liberalism. Our findings challenge that conclusion. Participants provided intolerance judgments of several targets and the political objective of these targets (left-wing vs. right-wing) was varied between subjects. Across seven judgments, conservatism predicted intolerance of left-wing targets, while liberalism predicted intolerance of right-wing targets. These relationships were fully mediated by perceived threat from targets. Moreover, participants were biased against directly opposing political targets: conservatives were more intolerant of a left-wing target than the opposing right-wing target (e.g., pro-gay vs. anti-gay rights activists), while liberals were more intolerant of a right-wing target than the opposing left-wing target. These findings are discussed within the context of the existing political intolerance and motivated reasoning literatures. Adapted from the source document.

Research recently published in Political Psychology suggested that political intolerance is more strongly predicted by political conservatism than liberalism. Our findings challenge that conclusion. Participants provided intolerance judgments of several targets and the political objective of these targets (left‐wing vs. right‐wing) was varied between subjects. Across seven judgments, conservatism predicted intolerance of left‐wing targets, while liberalism predicted intolerance of right‐wing targets. These relationships were fully mediated by perceived threat from targets. Moreover, participants were biased against directly opposing political targets: conservatives were more intolerant of a left‐wing target than the opposing right‐wing target (e.g., pro‐gay vs. anti‐gay rights activists), while liberals were more intolerant of a right‐wing target than the opposing left‐wing target. These findings are discussed within the context of the existing political intolerance and motivated reasoning literatures.

Unheard Voices / Both Right and Left Handed

Examines efforts to find an opposition party capable of challenging the dominant Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in the 2000 elections; includes the right-wing National Action Party (PAN), and the left-wing Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD).