TY - JOUR
T1 - The consequences of social intolerance on non-violent protest
AU - Rapp, Carolin
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - This paper scrutinizes the impact of intolerance toward diverse ethnic, religious, and cultural groups on an individual's willingness to actively engage in non-violent protest. Following new insights, we examine the individual as well as the ecological effect of social intolerance on protest behavior. Drawing from insights of social psychology and communication science, we expect that the prevalence of intolerance reinforces the positive effect of individual-level intolerance on protest participation. From a rational choice perspective, however, a negative moderating effect is expected, as the expression of opinions becomes redundant for intolerant individuals in an intolerant society. We base our multilevel analyses on data from the World Values Surveys covering 32 established democracies. Our results reveal that intolerance leads to more non-violent protest participation. This relationship, however, is strongly influenced by the prevalence of intolerance in a country.
AB - This paper scrutinizes the impact of intolerance toward diverse ethnic, religious, and cultural groups on an individual's willingness to actively engage in non-violent protest. Following new insights, we examine the individual as well as the ecological effect of social intolerance on protest behavior. Drawing from insights of social psychology and communication science, we expect that the prevalence of intolerance reinforces the positive effect of individual-level intolerance on protest participation. From a rational choice perspective, however, a negative moderating effect is expected, as the expression of opinions becomes redundant for intolerant individuals in an intolerant society. We base our multilevel analyses on data from the World Values Surveys covering 32 established democracies. Our results reveal that intolerance leads to more non-violent protest participation. This relationship, however, is strongly influenced by the prevalence of intolerance in a country.
KW - intolerance
KW - protest behavior
KW - spiral of silence
KW - values
KW - World Values Survey
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84936816738&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/s1755773915000211
DO - 10.1017/s1755773915000211
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84936816738
SN - 1755-7739
VL - 8
SP - 567
EP - 588
JO - European Political Science Review
JF - European Political Science Review
IS - 4
ER -