Personal inefficacy and Political Behavior

Personality is a powerful factor shaping political attitudes. In fact, these traits can affect outcomes such as political ideology as much or more than canonical predictors such as education and religiosity. The link between personality and political ideology has been studied for decades. This factor may affect the nature and kind of activity they undertake. This issue becomes relevant in the context of the political system. Because, the actions of the disenchanted may endanger the stability of the political system. Taking a multidimensional approach, this book emphasizes state of the art studies on political alienation and political behavior, using innovative research methods. This book focuses on the interplay between personality and politics. It addresses current views of personality to provide the conceptual frame within which to address the role of personality in contemporary politics.

Print ISBN: 9781682507322 | $ 150 | 2021 | Hardcover

Subject: Social Science

Editor: Fotis R. Kamariotou