Postmaterialism and authoritarianism in Hungary. In: Farmen RF, editor. Political culture, socialization, democracy, and education : interdisciplinary and cross-national perspectives for a new century. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang; 2008. p. 77-97.
Authoritarianism without Dominant Ideology: Political Manifestations of Authoritarian Attitudes in Hungary. Political Psychology. 2008;29(5):767-87.
Understanding authoritarianism : psychological antecedents and ideological consequences. Central European political science review. 2004;5(15):35-51.
Kulturális elvárás vagy/és személyiség? : Romaellenes előitéletek Magyarországon. Educatio. 2004;13(4):567-82.
Organization of Mass Political Attitudes in Hungary. Polish Psychological Bulletin. 2003;34(1):15-26.
Structure versus culture again: Corporatism and the ‘new politics’ in 16 Western European countries. European Journal of Political Research. 2003;42(5):629-42. Abstract
Structure versus culture again: Corporatism and the ‘new politics’ in 16 Western European countries
Abstract. Various authors have hypothesized that corporatist institutional arrangements favor the development of ‘new politics’: new social movements, concern for issues such as peace and ecology, postmaterialist orientation and voting for left-libertarian parties. This article analyzes the relationships between corporatism and ‘new politics’ using Siaroff's (1999) corporatism scores for 16 West European countries and data from Inglehart et al.'s (1998) World Value Survey. The results of the analysis show that corporatism is related to higher membership in peace movements and also to belief in the urgency of ecological problems. However, it is unrelated to postmaterialist values, votes for ‘new parties’, approval of the environmentalist and feminist movements, and willingness to contribute financially to environmental protection. The relationships between corporatism and ‘new politics’ is shown to be somewhat mediated by economic factors, while the hypothesis that postmaterialism is a principal factor behind the popularity of the new social movements is not substantiated.
Authoritarianism vs. cultural pressure. Journal of Russian & East European Psychology. 2002;40(5):31-53. Abstract
Authoritarianism vs. cultural pressure
This article addresses the issue of personality vs. cultural norms with regard to two related problems: the relationship between authoritarianism and prejudice, and the empirical foundation of the concept of ethnocentrism. The analysis is based on a survey of anti-Gypsy attitudes in two Hungarian cities, Salgótarján and Sopron. A random sample of 400 adolescents was surveyed, including one parent of each adolescent (total N = 800). The two locations differ in aggregate level of anti-Gypsy prejudice, that is, the anti-Gypsy cultural norm, which allows the use of a quasi-experimental design. The results support the empirical foundation of the concept of ethnocentrism, although it was possible to detect the effect of cultural pressure on the connection between anti-Gypsy prejudice and general ethnocentrism. Concerning the effect of cultural pressure on the relationship between authoritarianism and anti-Gypsy prejudice, the results support the cultural pressure model in the youth samples, but contradict this model in the parent samples. Multivariate causal modeling of the youth anti-Gypsy prejudice shows that in both cities authoritarianism and parents' prejudice are significant direct predictors. However, the role of authoritarianism is considerably weaker under condition of higher normative pressure.
Znacenje autoritarnosti: Uloga agresivnosti, alijenacije i anksioznosti. Pedagoska stvarnost,. 2002;49(3-4).
Konzervativizmus alulnézetben. Századvég. 2001;6(21):3-35.
Anti-Jewish Prejudice in Contemporary Hungary: A Socio-Psychological Causal Model. Social Thought & Research. 2001;24(1-2):313-41.
Hungarian conservatism 2000. Vol 21. Budapest: MTA Politikai Tudományok Intézete; 2001.
Political tolerance in Hungary. Vol 13. Budapest: CEU Politial Science Department; 2001.
Political tolerance " Codebook ". Vol 14. Budapest: CEU Politial Science Department; 2001.