EDUCATION AND ANTAGONISM TO PROTEST

Customary techniques of survey elaboration are applied to two national surveys to test alternative interpretations of earlier survey research that consistently has found a relationship between education and attitude to protest. The earlier research is briefly reviewed, and its findings — that those...

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Published in:Journal of political & military sociology 1981-04, Vol.9 (1), p.73-82
Main Authors: HALL, ROBERT L., ROSENTHAL, SAUL F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antagonism/Antagonize/Antagonizes/ Antagonist/ Antagonists
Education/Educational/Educator/ Educators/ Educationally
POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY
Protest/Protesters
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Summary:Customary techniques of survey elaboration are applied to two national surveys to test alternative interpretations of earlier survey research that consistently has found a relationship between education and attitude to protest. The earlier research is briefly reviewed, and its findings — that those most educated are least antagonistic to the collective violence and protest of the 1960's — are replicated. Our analysis rules out explanations based on potential extraneous variables, and proceeds to test issue-free and issue-bound causal hypotheses to account for the effect of the education. Results suggest that several structural and cognitive effects working together are involved; no single intervening variable accounts for the effect. Issue-bound hypotheses are not supported (i.e., the effect does not depend upon the specific issues). The findings suggest that currently held views on the nature of the relationship need revision. The most promising lines of further research are discussed.
ISSN:0047-2697
2642-2190