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SUPPORT FOR THE FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY IN WESTERN DEMOCRACIES *
Author(s) -
MULLER EDWARD N.,
PESONEN PERTTI,
JUKAM THOMAS O.
Publication year - 1980
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.1475-6765.1980.tb00574.x
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , politics , explanatory model , value (mathematics) , affect (linguistics) , political science , population , world values survey , public opinion , sociology , law , demography , statistics , philosophy , linguistics , mathematics , communication
An important manifestation of freedom of assembly is the right to organize and participate in peaceful public demonstrations. Data from representative cross‐sectional surveys of the adult population of seven European countries and the United States show that mass support for this right cannot be taken for granted in Western democracies. Education, age, and political value priorities are three explanatory variables that can be expected to affect the likelihood of a person opposing any attempt by government to forbid public demonstrations. The strength, form, and nature of the relationship between disapproval of a ban on demonstration and the explanatory variables are compared cross‐nationally.