A review by polestarneighbor
The Authoritarians by Bob Altemeyer

I thought this book was a useful write-up of social science research that is quite relevant to the current political situation. However, it should be read with a critical eye, as the author has a tendency to apply fairly harsh invective towards "high RWAs" and social dominators that doesn't always follow directly from the experimental results. It's probable that high RWAs, for example, really don't have more integrity than the general population despite perceived self-righteousness. But this can't reasonably be extrapolated, as the author implies, from an informal study showing that high RWAs do not correct clerical errors in tests grades more often than anyone else. The book also doesn't really discuss other behavioral influences like socioeconomic class and their interaction with high RWA personalities, which would seem to be relevant if you're arguing the universal applicability of studies conducted almost completely on college students. Worth a read and some good thinking.