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Analysis of Tolerance in Six European Mediterranean Countries

Tolerance is one of the ideals of democratic and plural societies. It has been the subject of debate in numerous religious and philosophical works in the last few centuries. Scientific approaches to tolerance are more recent. Tolerance implies the moral virtue of the individual and the political virtue of the liberal state. It is a way of behaving that allows others the freedom to express opinions with which we disagree, and the right of others to live in accordance with their own principles. Sociologists are interested in the connection between globalization and tolerance. They believe that globalization encourages the need for more intensive and extensive tolerance because it is based on the increased promotion of more intensive communication among people of different physical, psychological and social characteristics. Today, Europe is facing new political challenges, such as mass immigration to European countries. Such demographic changes cause dilemmas about the possibility of maintaining the ideals of freedom and equality in European countries. They are becoming a melting pot of people of different nationalities, races, cultures, religions, and lifestyles. Data from European Values Study research provide an answer to the question of whether intolerance is directed only at foreigners or also at other groups in society. It is a comparative international project that examines the values of the inhabitants of European countries, in order to compare the empirical findings between them. This paper will use the data from 2017 on tolerance in six European Mediterranean countries (Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Albania). For each country, we will try to find out: (1) the extent to which tolerance or intolerance is present ; (2) according to which groups tolerance or intolerance is most present, and (3) the probability of connection between socio-demographic characteristics, political orientation and religious affiliation, and tolerance or intolerance.

tolerance, Mediterranean countries, European Values Study

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