Altemeyer begins by closely examining the scientific literature on right-wing authoritarianism. This timely volume surveys the history of social psychological research on right-wing authoritarianism and describes a more fruitful direction for future work. It concludes with a disturbing comment on the pervasiveness of authoritarian behavior in our society. **Contents** Introduction 1. A critique of previous social psychological research on right-wing authoritarianism 2. The response set issue 3. A suggested conceptualization of right-wing authoritarianism 4. A test of the construct validity of the RWA and five other authoritarian scales 5. Explorations of the dynamics and covariates of right-wing authoritarianism 6. Some exploratory findings on the origins of right-wing authoritarianism Epilogue Appendixes Notes