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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Political Tolerance"”.
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Understanding social influence on political tolerance
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2023-12-04 without embargo terms
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Online News Media Use And Political Tolerance
… media use, selectivity in media content, and political tolerance. Tolerance develops as result of exposure to a diversity of ideas and perspectives, which the media provide. Online news use encourages and requires users to selectively expose and navigate through information based on personal …
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A study of political tolerance in the context of South Africa
This study measures levels of political tolerance and degrees of consensus on democratic norms in the South African context. Tolerance is the willingness to put up with opposition. It implies procedural fairness--a commitment to the rules of the game and a willingness to apply them equally. The …
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Religion and Political Behavior: Studies of Political Tolerance, Voting, and Public Opinion
… from the other two. Focusing on the areas of political tolerance, voting behavior, and public opinion I find the effect of religion varies by type of political behavior. In the case of tolerance, a belief in biblical literalism decreases political tolerance, while church attendance often …
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Cosmopolitanism as a measure of political tolerance : an inquiry into the acceptability of homosexuality
… and evaluate its relationship with tolerance toward a current stigmatized group: homosexuals. This study creates a multi-part measurement of cosmopolitanism, consisting of feelings of global citizenry, a desire for diversity, and a lack of patriotism. I test the hypothesis that …
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Expertise, Democratic Values, and Tolerance
<p>Political tolerance (the willingness to extend civil liberties to disliked groups) has been disturbingly low among the American public since measurement of tolerance began in the 1950's. The few voters who do exhibit tolerant attitudes tend to be people who know a great deal about politics (i.e. …
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The Effectiveness of Cash Transfers as a Policy Instrument in K-16 Education
… on measures of non-cognitive skills or political tolerance. In addition, the findings presented here suggest that currently enrolled students who barely qualified for an Academic Challenge Scholarship performed no differently after one year than students who barely missed the academic …