Understanding the factors that promote, disrupt, or shape the nature of cooperation is one of the main tasks of evolutionary biology. Here, we focus on attitudes and beliefs supportive of in-group favoritism and strict adherence to moral consensus, collectively known as ideological rigidity, that have been linked with both ends of the political spectrum. The presence among the political right a...

How does accountability impact political decisions? Though previous research on accountability has demonstrated its potential effects in the realms of business, elections, and more, very little research has explored the effect of citizen accountability in highly ideological, intractable, and political conflicts. This article addresses this issue, looking at the unique interaction between accoun...

Knowledge & the Ideological Constraint of Ambivalence James E. Monogan III (Under the direction of Marco R. Steenbergen.) The idea of a political culture of ambivalence posits that American society embraces conflicting values, ultimately leading citizens to have trouble settling their attitudes on public policy. Interestingly, little consideration has been given to the prospect that sophisticat...

The 2016 European Union (EU) refugee crisis exposed a fundamental distinction in political attitudes between the political left and right. Previous findings suggest, however, that besides political orientation, ideological strength (i.e., political extremism) is also relevant to understand such distinctive attitudes. Our study reveals that the political right is more anxious, and the political ...

after the collapse of the left extreme ideological camp (communism) in leadership with soviet :union: in 90’s; that must be consider along the collapse of the right extreme ideological camp (fascism) in the mid of twentieth century; the middle right ideological camp (liberalism) in leadership of industrial world countries, to celebrate this victory along with globalization age. in the meantime,...