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30 - Personality and Politics

from Part VI - Social and Cultural Processes: Personality at the Intersection of Society

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2020

By
Gian Vittorio Caprara  and
Michele Vecchione
Edited by
Philip J. Corr  and
Gerald Matthews
Philip J. Corr
Affiliation:
City, University London
Gerald Matthews
Affiliation:
University of Central Florida
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Personality assumes an increasingly central role in the analysis of political behavior as traits and values may be more influential than traditional sociodemographic characteristics, such as gender, age, educational level, occupation and income in explaining ideological orientation and political preferences (Caprara, Schwartz, Capanna, Vecchione & Barbaranelli, 2006; Caprara, Schwartz, Vecchione & Barbaranelli, 2008). Ultimately, personality seems to play a crucial role with regard to both the distinctive features of democratic systems – namely, the freedom of voice allowed to citizens by expressing their preferences and priorities about how society should be governed and by choosing the representatives that mostly suits their opinions and interests.

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The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology , pp. 413 - 424
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Print publication year: 2020

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