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POLITICAL ORIENTATIONS AND PARTICIPATION IN DEMONSTRATIONS AMONG SWEDISH STUDENTS *
Author(s) -
PETERSSON OLOF
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
european journal of political research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.267
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1475-6765
pISSN - 0304-4130
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-6765.1973.tb00622.x
Subject(s) - distrust , politics , left wing politics , position (finance) , preference , social psychology , function (biology) , psychology , sociology , political science , economics , law , microeconomics , finance , evolutionary biology , biology
The attitudinal antecedents of participation in political demonstrations are analyzed on the basis of a survey of 1.723 students in Göteborg, Sweden, in 1969. Highest participation rate is found in the strong left group, lowest in the strong right category (using a self‐placement indicator). It is found that sudden change in basic value preference produces increased propensity to engage in political demonstrations. Students most likely to take part in demonstrations are those combining strong leftist views with high system distrust. The association between distrust and participation, however, turns out to be rather complex because of a curvilinear relationship between distrust and left–right placement. Furthermore, the strength of the link between propensity to engage in demonstrations and actual participation is a function of left–right position as well as system distrust.