Political Tolerance in Poland and the United States

Bibliographic Data

ID2578004
AuthorsVyacheslav Karpov (Western Michigan University, corresponding author)
Year1999
Volume77
Issue4
Pages1525
Publication date1999-06-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Forces (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0037-7732 • E-ISSN: 1534-7605
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3005885
OpenAlexW4239045638
LanguageEN
Citations received8

Some experts say that in Eastern Europe, under the surface of pro-democratic attitudes, persists an authoritarian and intolerant political culture. Synchronic and diachronic comparisons of tolerance in Poland (1993 Polish General Social Survey, N = 1649) and the U.S. (1954 Stouffer's data and NORC GSS data, 1972–93) do not support this view. Polish opinions appear nearly as tolerant as contemporary American opinions, and more tolerant than American opinions in the past. Education, stratification, and age predict tolerance similarly in Poland and America. Combined with findings from previous research, these data suggest that intolerance in Eastern Europe may be a transient result of recent and current conflicts rather than a primordial politico-cultural element

Authoritarianism · Democracy · Political culture · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Survey data collection · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Law · Religion and Society Interactions · Social and Cultural Dynamics

Tools

Open DOISci-Hub