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Exclusion and Antisystem Attitudes: The Impact of Perceived Discrimination in Attitudes towards Democracy and the Willingness to Use Violence among Adolescents in Brussels

Elham Mansoury Babhoutak Dimokritos Kavadias Nohemi Jocabeth Echeverria Vicente

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Perceived discrimination, the perception of systematic exclusion due to background characteristics, has been studied extensively in general. The political consequences of this perception remain underexplored for adolescents. Discrimination may engender a rejection of common political values such as the support for democratic politics. Using the data of 1789 pupils with an average age of 16 years (grade 10) from 24 schools in Brussels, we focus on the consequences of perceived discrimination in attitudes towards violence, as well as on a rejection of representative democracy. The outcomes of a multilevel analysis suggest that high levels of self-reported perceived discrimination are significantly associated with an anti-democratic attitude (rejection of the current form of representative democracy) and the willingness to use violence. In a context in which 75% of pupils have a non-native background, these findings reveal the challenges for future forms of civic education.

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Elham Mansoury Babhoutak

Dimokritos Kavadias

Nohemi Jocabeth Echeverria Vicente

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Babhoutak, E.M., Kavadias, D., Vicente, N.J.E. (2020). Exclusion and Antisystem Attitudes: The Impact of Perceived Discrimination in Attitudes towards Democracy and the Willingness to Use Violence among Adolescents in Brussels. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci9100175

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Tahun Terbit: 2020
Sumber Database: DOAJ
DOI: 10.3390/socsci9100175
Akses: Open Access ✓