Who Leaves the Ivory Tower? Academicians and Radical Politics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10562191 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edward C Lehman (SUNY, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1975 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 359-374 |
| Publication date | 1975-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Focus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0237 • E-ISSN: 2162-1128 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00380237.1975.10570910 |
| OpenAlex | W1967796322 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 17 |
Analysis of survey data from faculty at fifteen colleges and universities in a large Midwestern metropolitan area supports earlier speculations that certain attributes unique to academia are predictive of differential participation in several aspects of socio-political life. Scholarly commitments and working in a field that studies socio-political issues per se are associated with liberal attitudes, casting votes for liberal candidates, and overt involvement in radical political activities. Tendencies for these associations were observed in both secular and church-related schools. Contrary to critics of the recent Ladd and Lipset studies, there is a clear tendency for faculty with liberal covert attitudes to translate them into overt participation in liberal and radical political activities
Archaeology · Covert · Field (mathematics · Ivory tower · Metropolitan area · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Survey data collection · History · Law · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Philosophy · Public Administration · Religion and Society Interactions · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory
Politics of Academic Natural Scientists and Engineers
Campus Dissent and Academic Punishment
The Shape of Catholic Higher Education
Catholics in College
Verbal Attitudes and Overt Acts
The Scholarly Perspective and Religious Commitment
Academic Discipline As Predictive of Faculty Religiosity
The Political Party Affiliation of College Professors
Determinants of Faculty Support for Student Demonstrations
Faculty Behavior in the Legislative Process
Political Orientation and Field of Specialization Among College Professors
Institutional Correlates of Faculty Support of Campus Unrest
Academic Discipline and Faculty Religiosity in Secular and Church-Related Colleges
Imagination and Precision in the Social Sciences
The Politics of American Sociologists
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |