Beyond Constraint: Tightness and Consensus of Political Belief Systems
Published in Italian Political Science Review / Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica, 2025
Recommended citation: Bertero, A. (2025). Beyond Constraint: Tightness and Consensus of Political Belief Systems. Italian Political Science Review / Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1017/ipo.2025.10080 https://doi.org/10.1017/ipo.2025.10080
Constraint is not the only property that matters when describing how a political belief system holds together. The article separates two distinct properties: the tightness of associations among attitudes and the degree of consensus across individuals about the system’s relational structure.