The relevance of class in shaping authoritarian attitudes: A cross-national perspective

Regt, Sabrina de; Smits, Tim; Mortelmans, Dimitri

doi:10.1016/j.rssm.2012.03.001

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“…Both of these surveys provide nationally representative samples and are widely used in comparative social research (see Cojocaru, 2014;De Regt, Smits, & Mortelmans, 2012;Gugushvili, 2015aGugushvili, , b, 2016. Face-to-face interviews in each country were conducted using a representative, multistage random sample of the adult population.…”

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Intergenerational Social Mobility and Popular Explanations of Poverty: A Comparative Perspective

Gugushvili

2016

Soc Just Res

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This article explores the consequences of intergenerational social mobility on perceptions of popular explanations of poverty. It is hypothesised that those who experience improvements in socio-economic status through social mobility are more likely to blame poverty on individual characteristics such as laziness and lack of willpower and are less likely to attribute failure to injustice in society, and on the macro-level, the effect of social mobility on perceptions of popular explanations of poverty is moderated by contextual environment. The described hypotheses are tested by using multinomial and multilevel logistic regressions and two complementary datasets-European Values Studies and the Life in Transition Survey. The derived findings suggest that social mobility is indeed associated with perceptions of individual blame and social blame of why some people are in need. However, these effects are manifested primarily among subjectively mobile individuals and are also conditioned by the legacy of socialism and the level of economic development of countries where individuals reside.

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Intergenerational Social Mobility and Popular Explanations of Poverty: A Comparative Perspective

Gugushvili

2016

Soc Just Res

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“…It is no surprise, then, that Oesch (2008) argues that the working class are the "core clientele" of RRP parties as research has long found the working class to be particularly authoritarian (de Regt et al, 2012;Houtman, 2003;Lipset, 1959), especially in those aspects that predict intolerance of difference (e.g., Napier and Jost, 2008). The bottom line is that when authoritarians are threatened with the perception of a fragmenting society, their inherent response is to rally behind a strong ingroup leader that similarly rejects anything perceived to be foreign.…”

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Preference for radical right-wing populist parties among exclusive-nationalists and authoritarians

Dunn

2013

Party Politics

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Abstract:The literature on authoritarianism and exclusive forms of nationalism often implies that authoritarian and exclusive-nationalist individuals will prefer radical right-wing populist parties such as Austria's FPÖ. The theoretical case for such implications appears sound as party programs for radical right-wing populist parties invoke rhetoric that should appeal to individuals with either of these characteristics. To date, these implications have not been examined. This paper examines quantitative survey data from 5 Western European countries with electorally viable radical right-wing populist parties to determine if radical right-wing populist parties are preferred by authoritarians and/or exclusive-nationalists. Analyses indicate that the radical right-wing populist parties studied here are consistently preferred by exclusive-nationalist individuals, though not necessarily to all other parties, but only inconsistently preferred by authoritarian individuals. While more nuanced investigation is still needed, it is clear that, contrary to the assumptions in the authoritarianism literature, radical right-wing populist parties cannot always rely on authoritarian individuals for support.

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“…EVS is produced by Tilburg University and its international partners and is widely used in comparative social research (e.g. DeRegt et al, 2012;Gugushvili, 2015;Verbakel, 2012). Face-to-face interviews in each country were conducted using a representative, multi-stage (or stratified) random sample of the 18 and older adult population.…”

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Political democracy, economic liberalization, and macro-sociological models of intergenerational mobility

Gugushvili

2017

Social Science Research

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Building on the previously investigated macro-sociological models which analyze the consequences of economic development, income inequality, and international migration on social mobility, this article studies the specific contextual covariates of intergenerational reproduction of occupational status in post-communist societies. It is theorized that social mobility is higher in societies with democratic political regimes and less liberalized economies. The outlined hypotheses are tested by using micro- and macro-level datasets for 21 post-communist societies which are fitted into multilevel mixed-effects linear regressions. The derived findings suggest that factors specific to transition societies, conventional macro-level variables, and the legacy of the Soviet Union explain variation in intergenerational social mobility, but the results vary depending which birth cohorts survey participants belong to and whether or not they stem from advantaged or disadvantaged social origins. These findings are robust to various alternative data, sample, and method specifications.

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The relevance of class in shaping authoritarian attitudes: A cross-national perspective

Cited by 33 publications

References 70 publications

Intergenerational Social Mobility and Popular Explanations of Poverty: A Comparative Perspective

Intergenerational Social Mobility and Popular Explanations of Poverty: A Comparative Perspective

Preference for radical right-wing populist parties among exclusive-nationalists and authoritarians

Political democracy, economic liberalization, and macro-sociological models of intergenerational mobility

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