Postmaterialism and authoritarianism in Hungary Evidence from a two-generation study

Zsolt Enyedi, Todosijevic Bojan

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The paper compares the concepts of post-materialism and authoritarianism in terms of their relationships with theoretically relevant dependent and independent variables. The research is based on a survey of a random sample of 400 adolescent children and the same number of their parents from two Hungarian cities. The results indicate that the two concepts are largely unrelated in Hungary. While the youth proved to be somewhat more authoritarian than the parents, there are no intergenerational differences in postmaterialism score. Socialization and family status have a stronger impact on authoritarianism than on post-materialism. The
affluence of parents does not make their children more post-materialist, even though it makes their own values skewed somewhat towards post-materialism. Authoritarianism is more closely related to various indicators of political behavior and preferences. Most expectations based on the postmaterialist hypothesis were not confirmed. Authoritarianism seems to be more useful concept for political research, at least in the post-Communist context.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPolitical culture, socialization and education: Interdisciplinary and cross national perspectives for a new century
EditorsFarnen Russel, Dekker Henk, De Landtsheer Christ'l, Suenker Heinz, B German Daniel
Place of PublicationFrankfurt am Main
PublisherPeter Lang AG
Pages77-98
Number of pages22
ISBN (Print)9783631546611
StatePublished - 2006

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