TY - BOOK ID - 15995519 TI - Personality and the Challenges of Democratic Governance : How Unconscious Thought Influences Political Understanding PY - 2017 SN - 3319536036 3319536028 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Political science. KW - Democracy. KW - Elections. KW - United States KW - Personality. KW - Social psychology. KW - Political Science and International Relations. KW - Electoral Politics. KW - US Politics. KW - Personality and Social Psychology. KW - Politics and government. KW - Personality and politics. KW - Subliminal perception. KW - Social movements KW - Psychological aspects. KW - Movements, Social KW - Implicit perception KW - Nonconscious perception KW - Perception without awareness KW - Stimulation, Subliminal KW - Subception KW - Subliminal stimulation KW - Unconscious perception KW - Politics and personality KW - Mass psychology KW - Psychology, Social KW - Human ecology KW - Psychology KW - Social groups KW - Sociology KW - Personal identity KW - Personality psychology KW - Personality theory KW - Personality traits KW - Personology KW - Traits, Personality KW - Individuality KW - Persons KW - Self KW - Temperament KW - Electoral politics KW - Franchise KW - Polls KW - Political science KW - Politics, Practical KW - Plebiscite KW - Political campaigns KW - Representative government and representation KW - Self-government KW - Equality KW - Republics KW - Administration KW - Civil government KW - Commonwealth, The KW - Government KW - Political theory KW - Political thought KW - Politics KW - Science, Political KW - Social sciences KW - State, The KW - Social history KW - Social psychology KW - Mental suggestion KW - Perception KW - Subliminal projection KW - United States-Politics and gover. KW - Consciousness. KW - Apperception KW - Mind and body KW - Philosophy KW - Spirit KW - United States—Politics and government. KW - America KW - Difference (Psychology). KW - Political Science. KW - American Politics. KW - Personality and Differential Psychology. KW - Differential psychology KW - Psychology, Differential KW - Differentiation (Developmental psychology) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:15995519 AB - This book examines how the five-factor model of personality (also known as the Big Five)—extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability/neuroticism, and openness to experience—influence individuals’ ability to understand and engage in four areas of civic life. First, it documents how personality influences individuals when connecting abstract concepts like liberal or conservative to specific public policy preferences. Second, it demonstrates how understanding basic political facts is often conditional on these traits. Third, it tests the role that personality plays in citizens’ capacity to fulfill the basic demands that democratic governance places on them, such as connecting their own policy preferences to the correct political party. Fourth, it reveals how personality traits can blind people to the role government plays in their lives, while simultaneously causing them to vilify more visible beneficiaries of government programs. Ultimately, this book will engage both scholars and civic-minded individuals interested in understanding the hidden factors driving political behavior. ER -