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Authoritarian Orientation among Youth in Southeast Europe: Sources and Implications

The presentation is aimed at answering the following research question: what are the sources of political authoritarianism of youth in ten countries of Southeast Europe? Political authoritarianism as a dependent variable in multiple regression analyses is operationalized through the assertion that a leader of the country should rule with a strong hand for the public good. In order to detect significant sources of political authoritarianism three sets of variables are tested on each national sample of youth. Firstly, authoritarianism is primarily seen as part of a value orientation – traditionalism that is mostly shaped by religiosity and nationalism. The second model based on political socialization theory tests if youth’s political competences such as interest in politics and subjective assessment of political knowledge are significant factors in rejecting authoritarianism. The third model tests the relationship between political inefficacy of youth along with their dissatisfaction with democracy in their particular country and the emergence of authoritarianism. Youth’s political authoritarianism in each country is determined to a varying degree by selected variable sets. Also, cross-national analysis shows that perceived political inefficacy represents a significant predictor of authoritarianism in almost all countries. The comparative analysis is based on the data from an international research project of Friedrich Ebert Stiftung carried out in 2018 in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia. In total, N=10902 respondents aged 14–29 participated in the survey.

youth, authoritarian orientation, Southeast Europe, political socialization, political culture

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