GOVERNMENTAL INJUSTICE AND ATTITUDES TOWARD POLITICAL VIOLENCE (FROM FUTURE OF COLLECTIVE VIOLENCE - SOCIETAL AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES, 1974 BY JOSEPH D BEN-DAK - SEE NCJ-29735)

• NCJ Number: 29738
• Author(s): S G LEVY
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 23 pages
• Corporate Author: Studentlitteratur Fack
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: Sweden

Annotation

DISCUSSION OF RESULTS AND IMPLICATIONS OF A 1968 NATIONAL SAMPLE OF 1176 ADULTS, AGE 18 AND OVER, ATTEMPTING TO DEFINE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GOVERNMENT BEHAVIOR AND VIOLENCE AMONG U.S. CITIZENS.

Abstract

THE MAJOR FOCUS OF THIS ARTICLE IS ON THE RELATION OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL FINDINGS OF THE SAMPLE TO THE PREVIOUS WORK OF SUCH POLITICAL SCIENTISTS AS FEIERABEND AND GURR. FIVE DOMAINS OF VARIABLES WERE INCORPORATED IN THE SAMPLE: GENERAL PSYCHOLOGICAL ORIENTATION, REACTIONS TO SIX MAJOR ASSASSINATIONS FROM 1963-68, PAST POLITICAL ACTIVITY, RESPONSIVENESS TO GOVERNMENTAL INJUSTICE, AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS. AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE AUTHOR'S ANALYSIS IS THE RELATIONSHIP HE DEFINES BETWEEN SYSTEMIC PUNISHMENT, PERSONAL ANXIETY, AUTHORITARIANISM, AND POLITICAL INSTABILITY. HE THEORIZES THAT SYSTEMIC PUNISHMENT WHICH REDUCES THE INDIVIDUAL'S POLITICAL BEHAVIORS CAN LEAD, NOT TO POLITICAL INSTABILITY, BUT TO GREATER IDENTIFICATION WITH AUTHORITY. MUCH OF THE ANALYSIS DEALS WITH DISTINGUISHING THE RESPONSES AND TENDENCIES OF NON-WHITES FROM THOSE OF WHITES, USING A TECHNIQUE CALLED POLARIZED SUBGROUPS ANALYSIS.