Political Tolerance and American Democracy by John L. Sullivan (English) Paperba

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This path-breaking book reconceptualizes our understanding of political tolerance as well as of its foundations. Previous studies, the authors contend, overemphasized the role of education in explaining the presence of tolerance, while giving insufficient weight to personality and ideological factors. With an innovative methodology for measuring levels of tolerance more accurately, the authors are able to explain why particular groups are targeted and why tolerance is an inherently political concept. Far from abating, the degree of intolerance in America today is probably as great as it ever was; it is the targets of intolerance that have changed.

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This path-breaking book reconceptualizes our understanding of political tolerance as well as of its foundations. Previous studies, the authors contend, overemphasized the role of education in explaining the presence of tolerance, while giving insufficient weight to personality and ideological factors. With an innovative methodology for measuring levels of tolerance more accurately, the authors are able to explain why particular groups are targeted and why tolerance is an inherently political concept. Far from abating, the degree of intolerance in America today is probably as great as it ever was; it is the targets of intolerance that have changed.

Author Biography

George E. Marcus is professor of political science at Williams College and the author, coauthor, or coeditor of seven books, including, most recently, Political Psychology: Neuroscience, Genetics, and Politics.

Table of Contents

Preface 1. Tolerance and Democracy The Concept of Political Tolerance The Limits of Tolerance Democratic Theories and Political Tolerance Summary and Conclusion 2. Political Tolerance and American Politics: The Empirical Literature Communism, Conformity, and Civil Liberties Tolerance and the Democratic Creed Changing Levels of Tolerance, 1954-1978 Alternative Strategies for Measuring Tolerance Attitudes and Behavior Implications for the Study of Tolerance 3. A Profile of Political Tolerance in the 1970s: Implications of a Different Approach Changing Levels of Political Tolerance: The Stouffer Items A Content-Controlled Measure of Political Tolerance The Twin Cities Samples The Content-Controlled Measure: The Problem of Validity A Framework for the Analysis of Political Tolerance Appendix 3-A 4. The Pluralistic Intolerance: The Distribution of Target Groups in American Society The Problem of Intensity Pluralistic Intolerance The Distribution of Target Groups Social and Political Bases of Target Group Selection Levels of Tolerance for the Different Groups 5. The Social Sources of Political Tolerance The Dependent Variable: Degree of Political Tolerance Education, Social Status, and Tolerance Gender and Tolerance Race and Tolerance Aging, Generations, and Tolerance Religion and Tolerance Urbanization and Tolerance Region and Tolerance Conclusions 6. The Psychological Sources of Political Tolerance Maslow's Need Hierarchy and Tolerance Socialization, Authoritarianism, and Tolerance Dogmatism and Tolerance Social Learning Theory and Tolerance Conclusions 7. Political Explanations of Tolerance Some Limits to the Analysis: The Political Context Objections to Target Groups Tolerance and Ideology Political Threat and Tolerance Tolerance and Political Involvement Support for the General Norms of Democracy Summary and Conclusions 8. A Multivariate Model of Political Tolerance A Model for the Analysis of Political Tolerance Parameter Estimation Internal and External Threat Alternative Types of Perceived Threat Political Elites and the Processes of Political Tolerance Social Tolerance Tolerance and Stouffer's Content-Biased Measures Summary and Conclusions Appendix 8A. Statistical Procedures 9. Political Tolerance: Implications for Democratic Theory Summary of Findings Implications for Democratic Theory Concluding Comments Bibliography Index

Details ISBN0226779920 Author George E. Marcus Short Title POLITICAL TOLERANCE & AMER DEM Pages 288 Language English Edition 2nd ISBN-10 0226779920 ISBN-13 9780226779928 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1993 Imprint University of Chicago Press Place of Publication Chicago, IL Country of Publication United States DEWEY 320.973 Illustrations x, 278 p. Birth 1943 DOI 10.1604/9780226779928 UK Release Date 1993-05-15 AU Release Date 1993-05-15 NZ Release Date 1993-05-15 US Release Date 1993-05-15 Publisher The University of Chicago Press Publication Date 1993-05-15 Audience Undergraduate We've got this

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