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The Educational Gradient in Trust in Politicians in the Netherlands: A Status-Based Cultural Conflict.
- Source :
- Sociological Quarterly; Summer2019, Vol. 60 Issue 3, p439-456, 18p, 5 Charts, 1 Graph
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Much of the educational gradient in trust in politicians remains unexplained by prevailing theories on material resources and institutional knowledge. Our novel explanation theorizes that: in its relationship with trust in politicians, education is a status indicator; and the lower trust in politicians among the less educated reflects the latter's opposition to the former's status signaling. Analyses of representative Dutch survey data (n = 1,296) demonstrate that indicators of affinity with elite culture do indeed largely underlie the association between the level of education and trust in politicians. We discuss the relevance of our findings for debates on "culture wars." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- POLITICIANS
EDUCATION
LIBERALISM
CULTURAL capital
CULTURE conflict
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00380253
- Volume :
- 60
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Sociological Quarterly
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 137621808
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00380253.2019.1580551