Reposted by Åshild A Johnsen
Are preferences for authoritarian rule individual predispositions—or can they spread socially?
Using field + survey experiments in the Norwegian Armed Forces, we show that openness to strongman rule can spread socially.
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The increasing popularity of strongman rule in democratic societies underscores the need to explore how authoritarian regime preferences might spread socially. We assess the role of social influence ...
