A theory of political belief system dynamics should incorporate causal connections between
elements of the belief system and the possibility that belief systems are influenced by …

We investigate the relationship between attitude instability and both party identity strength
and ideology strength. We test the explorative hypotheses that higher party identity strength …

We investigate the extent that political identity, political belief content (ie, attitude stances),
and political belief system structure (ie, relations among attitudes) differences are associated …

One of the major findings of the literature on Euroscepticism is that support for European
integration generally declines as one moves closer to the extremes of the left-right …

Radical-right behavior is increasing across Western democracies, often very quickly.
Previous research has shown, however, that political attitudes and preferences do not …

Recent research has shown how norms shape political and economic decision-making.
Much of this work assumes that a single norm influences the behavior of all people, but in …

We test if a change in an attitude affects other related attitudes (ie, dynamic constraint), a
core prediction of belief systems theory. We use psychological network methods to represent …

A large body of research in political science claims that the way in which democratic citizens
think about politics is motivationally biased by partisanship. Numerous critics argue that the …

We investigate the structure of political belief systems across Europe to investigate what
belief systems in European societies, and those who hold them, have in common. In doing …

The decision by a narrow majority of British voters to leave the European Union (EU) in 2016
was a political earthquake that few had seen coming. It produced new political divisions, not …