# Right-Wing Authoritarianism (book) [[Bob Altemeyer]]'s 1981 monograph that rebuilt authoritarianism research after the collapse of the F-scale tradition — introducing the [[RWA Scale]] and defining right-wing authoritarianism as three attitudinal clusters: authoritarian submission, authoritarian aggression, and conventionalism. The parenthetical in the title reserves the bare name for the concept page. > [!info] Stub — created 2026-07-28 to resolve a broken hub link (Authoritarianism Hub, caught by the Palantir sweep lint pass). Expand.