Authoritarianism in the Netherlands: Mission Completed? Downward Trends in Authoritarianism in the Netherlands 1970-1992 with an International Comparison of World Data
Three basic hypotheses on authoritarianism in The Netherlands areproposed. A composite Middendorp dataset was used, that included five national random samples in The Netherlands: 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985and 1992. The first hypothesis maintains that the authoritarianism syndrome will not disintegrate i...
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ftunivkansas:oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/5157 2023-05-15T16:50:27+02:00 Authoritarianism in the Netherlands: Mission Completed? Downward Trends in Authoritarianism in the Netherlands 1970-1992 with an International Comparison of World Data Meloen, Jos D. 2009-05-19T18:44:57Z http://hdl.handle.net/1808/5157 https://doi.org/10.17161/STR.1808.5157 en eng Department of Sociology, University of Kansas Social Thought and Research, Volume 22, Number 1&2 (1999), pp. 45-93 http://dx.doi.org/10.17161/STR.1808.5157 http://hdl.handle.net/1808/5157 doi:10.17161/STR.1808.5157 Copyright (c) Social Thought and Research. For rights questions please contact Editor, Department of Sociology, Social Thought and Research, Fraser Hall, 1415 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045. openAccess Article 2009 ftunivkansas https://doi.org/10.17161/STR.1808.5157 2022-08-26T13:10:03Z Three basic hypotheses on authoritarianism in The Netherlands areproposed. A composite Middendorp dataset was used, that included five national random samples in The Netherlands: 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985and 1992. The first hypothesis maintains that the authoritarianism syndrome will not disintegrate in time. This stability-hypothesis was strongly supported in the 1970-1992 period. Thes econd hypothesis suggestes that the levels of authoritarianism have steadily decreased in time. This decreasing-levels hypothesis also received consistent support Nonauthoritarian attitudes are now supported among a majority of the population. It is argued that the decrease of authoritarianism levels cannot be attributed to disintegration of the authoritarianism syndrome proper. Hypothesis three stated that The Netherlands is among the lowest in levels of authoritarianism and state authoritarianism in the world. This lowest level-hypothesis was explored using cross national data of authoritarian attitudes and state authoritarianism. The indicators indeed suggest that The Netherlands rank among the lowest in authoritarian attitudes as well as in state authoritarianism, together with Scandinavia, Iceland, Canada and New Zealand. The results suggest that the quest of Adorno et al. may have been completed, at least for countries like The Netherlands in the 1990s. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland The University of Kansas: KU ScholarWorks Canada New Zealand Social Thought and Research |
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Three basic hypotheses on authoritarianism in The Netherlands areproposed. A composite Middendorp dataset was used, that included five national random samples in The Netherlands: 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985and 1992. The first hypothesis maintains that the authoritarianism syndrome will not disintegrate in time. This stability-hypothesis was strongly supported in the 1970-1992 period. Thes econd hypothesis suggestes that the levels of authoritarianism have steadily decreased in time. This decreasing-levels hypothesis also received consistent support Nonauthoritarian attitudes are now supported among a majority of the population. It is argued that the decrease of authoritarianism levels cannot be attributed to disintegration of the authoritarianism syndrome proper. Hypothesis three stated that The Netherlands is among the lowest in levels of authoritarianism and state authoritarianism in the world. This lowest level-hypothesis was explored using cross national data of authoritarian attitudes and state authoritarianism. The indicators indeed suggest that The Netherlands rank among the lowest in authoritarian attitudes as well as in state authoritarianism, together with Scandinavia, Iceland, Canada and New Zealand. The results suggest that the quest of Adorno et al. may have been completed, at least for countries like The Netherlands in the 1990s. |
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Authoritarianism in the Netherlands: Mission Completed? Downward Trends in Authoritarianism in the Netherlands 1970-1992 with an International Comparison of World Data |
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Authoritarianism in the Netherlands: Mission Completed? Downward Trends in Authoritarianism in the Netherlands 1970-1992 with an International Comparison of World Data |
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Authoritarianism in the Netherlands: Mission Completed? Downward Trends in Authoritarianism in the Netherlands 1970-1992 with an International Comparison of World Data |
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Authoritarianism in the Netherlands: Mission Completed? Downward Trends in Authoritarianism in the Netherlands 1970-1992 with an International Comparison of World Data |
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Authoritarianism in the Netherlands: Mission Completed? Downward Trends in Authoritarianism in the Netherlands 1970-1992 with an International Comparison of World Data |
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authoritarianism in the netherlands: mission completed? downward trends in authoritarianism in the netherlands 1970-1992 with an international comparison of world data |
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Social Thought and Research, Volume 22, Number 1&2 (1999), pp. 45-93 http://dx.doi.org/10.17161/STR.1808.5157 http://hdl.handle.net/1808/5157 doi:10.17161/STR.1808.5157 |
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