| Description |
xii, 221 pages : map ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
1. Theoretical Introduction: Education and Political Attitudes -- 2. An International Project on Democracy, Authoritarianism, and Education -- 3. Political and Educational Systems in 44 Countries -- 4. International and Cross-National Research Findings on Democracy -- 5. International and Cross-National Research Findings on Authoritarianism: Regimes and Individuals -- 6. International and Cross-National Research Findings on Political Socialization and Civic Education -- 7. Political Attitudes Across World Regions, Gender, and the Media -- 8. Democracy, Authoritarianism, and Educational Levels -- 9. Testing Simpson's Thesis: Authoritarianism and Education -- 10. Authoritarianism, Democracy, and Educational Orientations -- 11. Content of Education: Testing the Farnen/Meloen Thesis -- 12. Suggestions for Political Socialization Research and Political Education Reforms -- 13. Conclusions: Democracy, Authoritarianism, and Education Worldwide |
| Summary |
"This book is a cross-national study of authoritarianism and democracy, elaborating on the work of Adorno, et al., in The Authoritarian Personality (1950). It lays out political and educational similarities and difference for forty-four countries, focusing on the empirical interrelationship of key concepts. Based on surveys of students in those countries, we see a pattern which empirically relates anti-authority, prodemocracy, promulticulturalism, proliberal education, prointernationalism, antinationalism, and antimilitarism. Adorno et al. showed how authoritarianism is related to political and psychological attitudes. In this study the first intercorrelations are presented between authoritarianism and one's choices on education policy questions such as multiculturalism, internationalism, and oper teaching styles |
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The analysis also indicates that the nature of the political system is most critical in determining the democratic or authoritarian character of a given political culture and the psychological types it produces."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographic references and index |
| Subject |
Authoritarianism -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Democracy -- Cross-cultural studies.
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College students -- Attitudes.
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| Author |
Meloen, Jos.
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| LC no. |
00027826 |
| ISBN |
0333740793 : |
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0312234643 St. Martin's |
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