Education and authoritarianism: a longitudinal analysis of Dutch survey data, 1970-1996.

Autor/inn/en	Dekker, Paul; Ester, Peter
Titel	Education and authoritarianism: a longitudinal analysis of Dutch survey data, 1970-1996. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Bildung und Autoritarismus: eine Längsschnittanalyse niederländischer Umfragedaten, 1970-1996.
Quelle	Aus: Democratization, Europeanization, and globalization trends. Cross-national analysis of authoritarianism, socialization, communications, youth, and social policy. Frankfurt, Main: P. Lang (2005) S. 213-227Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	Work - technology - organization - society. 29
Beigaben	Tabellen 5; Abbildungen 2
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Sammelwerksbeitrag
ISSN	0946-8811
ISBN	3-631-51936-2
Schlagwörter	Bildung; Bildungsniveau; Autoritarismus; Kognitive Kompetenz; Selbstbewusstsein; 20. Jahrhundert; Niederlande
Abstract	"Numerous studies observed a negative correlation between education and authoritarianism. Most studies are based on single cross-sectional analysis. This chapter applies a longitudinal perspective based on Dutch survey data from 1970 to 1996. How stable are educational differences? What is the relative explanatory power of education in understanding trends in authoritarianism? How is the rapidly raising level of educational attainment in recent decades related to shifts in authoritarian attitudes? And how are changes in these attitudes connected to generational re-placement? We further explore why education works. How important are enhancing cognitive sophistication and strengthening ego-security to explain the reduction of authoritarianism? Findings show a clear, almost linear relationship between education and authoritarianism during more than a quarter of a century. Higher education is consistently correlated with lower authoritarianism. How-ever, the decline of authoritarianism from 1970 to 1996 was stronger than could be expected because of rising educational levels of the Dutch population. Including measures of cognitive sophistication and ego security only slightly improves our understanding of trends in authoritarian attitudes. Education seems a 'universal solvent,' but we need to know more about the content of educational differences (beyond formal levels of schooling) to settle the debate more definitely. This study is part of our research program 'civil society, globalization, and sustainable development' at GLOBUS, Institute for Globalization and Sustainable Development, Tilburg, The Netherlands: Tilburg University." (author's abstract).
Erfasst von	GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Mannheim
Update	2006/3