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Discussion Papers
No.288 Determinants of Political Tolerance: A Literature Review
March 2011
ABSTRACT
This
paper
reviews
the
current
literature
on
political
tolerance
with
particular
reference
to
its
individual-
and
aggregate-level
determinants.
Individual-level
determinants
such
as
authoritarianism,
education,
contact,
and
threat
perception
are
found
to
have
robust
effects
on
tolerance.
What
are
less
known
are
the
mediating
factors
that
enhance
or
reduce
these
effects.
In
recent
years,
increasing
attention
has
been
directed
toward
the
impact
of
contextual
factors
on
threat
and
contact
effects.
Keywords:
political
tolerance,
authoritarianism,
education,
contact,
threat,
ethnicity
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