Political Ideology : Why The American Common Man Believes What He Does

by Robert E. Lane

"Political Ideology is a pathfinding book. Lane has produced our first sustained empirical explorations of the content, sources, and consequences of common political ideologies in psycho-social categories of analysis." -- Daniel Lerner, American Sociological Review

505 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1967

Reviews

[Steven Peterson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Robert Lane's study, "Political Ideology," uses depth interviews with a handful of citizens to explore the roots of people's political views. Methodologically, it is difficult to generalize from a small sample such as this. But he makes great use of the information from the detailed interviews. The result is a genuine classic.