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Educating Democrats or Autocrats? The Regime-Conditional Effect of Education on Support for Democracy
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Abstract Political science has long viewed education as an instrumental factor in developing support for democracy and beneficial for democratization. However, governments, both democratic and authoritarian, have substantial control over the curriculum and develop education institutions with the specific aim... view more
Political science has long viewed education as an instrumental factor in developing support for democracy and beneficial for democratization. However, governments, both democratic and authoritarian, have substantial control over the curriculum and develop education institutions with the specific aim to instill in students the norms and values that underpin the regime. With this in mind, this study asks, does the effect of education vary by the political regime in which education was undertaken? We use a quasi-experimental approach exploiting European compulsory schooling reforms, implemented under both democratic and authoritarian regimes, to answer this question. We find that education has no effect on principle and functional support for democracy, but that education’s effect on satisfaction with democracy is conditional on regime type. For those educated under a democratic regime, education led to greater satisfaction with democracy, whereas those educated under an authoritarian regime became less satisfied with democracy.... view less
Keywords
EVS; democracy; dictatorship; education; satisfaction; compulsory education; reform; political attitude; political education; syllabus
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Free Keywords
support for democracy; democratic attitudes; satisfaction with democracy; compulsory education reforms; EVS 1999; EVS 2008
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 1-23
Journal
Political Studies (2022) OnlineFirst
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/00323217211067385
ISSN
1467-9248
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed