Karen Stenner and the authoritarian predisposition

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Helen Lewis meets people offering radical solutions to the big problems of our times. Political psychologist and behavioural economist Karen Stenner, author of The Authoritarian Dynamic, explains how research shows a third of humanity is predisposed to authoritarianism. She tells Helen what happens when this predisposition is activated by feelings of threat - and what liberal democracy can do to respond to the challenges this raises. Producer: Phil Tinline