The Ideological Legacies of Authoritarianism: Prodictator Bias in Political Ideology

• In Event: Behavior and Authoritarian Politics

Brief Overview

How does an authoritarian past shape voters’ left-right orientation? I argue "pro-dictator bias’’ that citizens may hold ideological positions corresponding to those of the dictator in many post-authoritarian democracies.

Author

• Sanghoon Kim, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign