Equality, trust, and tolerance: how sense of equality affects social tolerance in Romania
Abstract: The noticeably high social and ethnic intolerance in Romania may have not only historical or cultural explanations, but also structural explanations. This research paper settles on social frustration as a predictor of various types of intolerance. Social frustration may be caused by perceived social inequities and inequalities, and by discontent with current standards of every day life. Whereas social frustration appears to be a predictor for the general social, ethnic and religious intolerance, and specific intolerance against ethnic Hungarians, it is not counterpoised by other positive factors, as education. It is up to the state institutions to balance inequities and inequalities, in order to reduce social frustration. A major difficulty, however, is that people do not trust state institutions, as they have proved largely incapable in fighting corruption, one major source of perceived inequity. Pervasive corruption undermines democratic legitimacy and economic growth, affects so
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
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Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: Studia Politica: Romanian Political Science Review ; 6 (2006) 2 ; 449-466
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Veröffentlichung
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Mannheim
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2006
- Urheber
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Dragoman, Dragoș
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-56167-8
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Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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- Dragoman, Dragoș
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- 2006
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