In Principle and in Practice: Learning Political Tolerance in Eastern and Western Europe |
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Authors: | Sandra Marquart-Pyatt Pamela Paxton |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology, Utah State University, 0730 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322-0730, USA;(2) Department of Sociology, The Ohio State University, 190 N. Oval Mall, 300 Bricker Hall, Columbus, OH 43210, USA |
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Abstract: | Political tolerance is a key democratic value believed to undergird successful and healthy democracies. In nascent democracies especially, citizens must tolerate the views and participation of opposing groups in order to ensure methodical transfers of power with successive elections. Yet, despite its importance, little research considers tolerance outside established democracies. In this paper, we compare political tolerance across eight Eastern European countries and six Western countries. We demonstrate that mean levels of tolerance are lower in the newly democratized countries of Eastern Europe and then examine whether they are a function of East Europeans’ limited experience with democracy. We also test whether established individual-level theories of tolerance replicate across this wide range of new and old democracies. We find some support for theories of democratic learning and also show that models of tolerance operate differently across the range of countries in our sample. |
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Keywords: | Political tolerance Cross-national Democracy |
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