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Working-class authoritarianism: a re-examination of the Lipset thesis
Ist Teil von
European journal of political research, 1987, Vol.15 (4), p.395-415
Ort / Verlag
Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr
1987
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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
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. Almost thirty years ago Lipset published his well‐known article ‘Democracy and working‐class authoritarianism’. His central thesis is that the working class more than other social classes, is predisposed to authoritarian and anti‐democratic attitudes. Several authors have criticized this thesis, especially by questioning Lipset's concept of democracy. Our approach is somewhat different in that in our opinion Lipset's conceptualization and measurement of social class is inaccurate and inappropriate. Using an empirical class model elaborated by Eric Olin Wright, our findings do not show that the working class is more authoritarian than other social classes. Education and not social class seems to be the most important factor. It is concluded that the measurement of social class is crucial to whether the theory of working‐class authoritarianism is empirically supported or not. Some theoretical consequences are briefly discussed.