Democracy, Authoritarianism and Education: A Cross-National Empirical Survey

Product Description


Democracy, Authoritarianism and Education reviews the most recently published empirical research findings on these subjects as well as results from a survey of the attitudes of 10,000 college and university students in 44 counteries towards authority, democracy, nationalism, militarism, internationalism, and educational policy choices. One interesting finding is that (cross-nationally) higher authoritarianism levels translate into lower scores on democratic attitudes and internationalism, higher nationalism and militarism scores, and support for more conservative and provincial (and monocultural) educational policy options.


About the Author


Russell F. Farnen is Professor of Political Science at the University of Connecticut.


Jos D. Meloen is Senior Researcher at the University of Leiden, the Netherlands.