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Article Dans Une Revue The Journal of Development Studies Année : 2012

Understanding Education's Influence on Support for Democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa

Geoffrey Evans
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Pauline Rose
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Is education consequential for popular endorsement of democracy in developing societies and, if so, what are the mechanisms that account for this influence? We investigate the micro-foundations of the education-democracy nexus using a survey of 18 sub-Saharan African countries. We demonstrate that educational level is the strongest influence on support for democracy and rejection of non-democratic alternatives via its impact on comprehension of, and attention to, politics. This is consistent with a cognitive interpretation of the effects of education on democratic values rather than one which treats education as a marker of economic resource inequalities.
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hal-00815559 , version 1 (19-04-2013)

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Geoffrey Evans, Pauline Rose. Understanding Education's Influence on Support for Democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Journal of Development Studies, 2012, 48 (04), pp.498-515. ⟨10.1080/00220388.2011.598508⟩. ⟨hal-00815559⟩

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