“The New State That We Are Building”: Authoritarianism and System-Justification in an Illiberal Democracy

The authoritarian personality is characterized by unquestionining obedience and respect to authority. System justification theory (SJT) argues that people are motivated to defend, bolster, and justify aspects of existing social, economic, and political systems. Commitment to the status quo is also a...

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Main Authors: Jan-Erik Lönnqvist, Zsolt Péter Szabó, László Kelemen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.703280/full