The Politics of Individualism

The Politics of Individualism demonstrates how individualist attitudes drastically reduce the possibility that people will defer to the decisions and practices of civic and political institutions, therefore threatening the stability of democratic society. Modern American justifications for individual decisions are often rooted in skepticism toward authority and the influence of social institutions. Examining this "moral" dimension of individualism, political scientists Christopher F. Karpowitz and Kelly D. Patterson argue that attachment to this form of the individualist attitude poses significant risks to the maintenance of democratic practices and institutions.

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About the author

Christopher F. Karpowitz is a professor of political science at Brigham Young University. He was director of the Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy at BYU. He is currently a co-editor of Political Behavior. He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University.

Kelly D. Patterson is a professor of political science at Brigham Young University. He has served as department chair, Director of the Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy at BYU, and as an associate dean in the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher F Karpowitz, Karpowitz Christopher F., Kelly D Patterson, Patterson Kelly D.
• Publisher: Oxford Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 03.10.2025
• EAN: 9780197814444
• ISBN: 978-0-19-781444-4
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, Political science & theory, Comparative Politics, Political science and theory, Public Opinion & Polls, Public opinion and polls, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Opinion Polling