Becoming Democratic (?): A Panel Study of Learning to Tolerate in South Africa

摘要吉布森9710214这项研究扩展了国际和平协会之前对南非民主化进程的研究。目前的项目是对1996年接受访问的30331人进行的第二波小组研究。第二波讨论将进一步探讨受访者的政治不容忍，以及在民主化初期南非人如何致力于民主机构和进程的变化，体制变革在创造更民主的态度、价值观和行为方面的作用，通过有说服力的沟通促进容忍的努力的影响，以及认知动员和民间社会在创造更民主的态度和价值观方面所发挥的作用。在设计的第二波中，将非常小心地尽量减少受访者的损失，确保受访者可以用他们选择的语言回答，确保访谈中使用的问题和实验情景在不同语言之间是相同的，受访者代表人口的种族和语言异质性，以及工具的可靠性估计是可计算的。这一项目中的复杂调查填补了以前在非洲进行的调查工作由于采用了有问题的方法而留下的空白。该项目扩展了我们对民主化进程的理解方面的理论发展，并提供了一个宝贵的数据集，将在项目结束时向其他研究人员提供。%这项研究扩展了国际和平协会之前对南非民主化进程的研究。目前的项目是对1996年接受访问的30331人进行的第二波小组研究。第二波讨论将进一步探讨受访者的政治不容忍，以及在民主化初期南非人如何致力于民主机构和进程的变化，体制改革在创造更民主的态度、价值观和行为方面的作用，通过有说服力的沟通诱导容忍的努力的影响，以及认知动员和民间社会在创造更民主的态度和价值观方面所发挥的作用。在设计的第二波中，将非常小心地尽量减少受访者的损失，确保受访者可以用他们选择的语言回答，确保访谈中使用的问题和实验情景在不同语言之间是相同的，受访者代表人口的种族和语言异质性，以及工具的可靠性估计是可计算的。这一项目中的复杂调查填补了以前在非洲进行的调查工作由于采用了有问题的方法而留下的空白。该项目扩展了我们对民主化进程的理解方面的理论发展，并提供了一个宝贵的数据集，将在项目结束时向其他研究人员提供。***

Abstract Gibson 9710214 This research extends the PI's previous research on the process of democratization in South Africa. The current project is a second wave panel study of 3,0331 persons who were interviewed in 1996. The second wave will explore further respondents political intolerance, and changes that are occurring in how South Africans are becoming committed to democratic institutions and processes over the course of the early period of democratization, the role institutional change plays in creating more democratic attitudes, values and behaviors, the effect of efforts to induce tolerance through persuasive communication, and the roles cognitive mobilization and civil society play in creating more democratic attitudes and values. Great care is being taken to minimize the loss of respondents in the second wave of the design, to be sure that respondents can answer in their language of choice, to be certain the questions and experimental scenarios used in the interviews are equivalent across languages, that respondents represent the racial and linguistic heterogeneity of the population, and that reliability estimates for the instruments are calculable. The sophistication of the surveys in this project fill a void that previous survey work in Africa has left because of the questionable methods employed. The project extends theoretical developments in our understanding of the process of democratization as well as provides an invaluable dataset that will be available to other researchers at the conclusion of the project. %%% This research extends the PI's previous research on the process of democratization in South Africa. The current project is a second wave panel study of 3,0331 persons who were interviewed in 1996. The second wave will explore further respondents political intolerance, and changes that are occurring in how South Africans are becoming committed to democratic institutions and processes over the course of the early period of democratization, the role ins titutional change plays in creating more democratic attitudes, values and behaviors, the effect of efforts to induce tolerance through persuasive communication, and the roles cognitive mobilization and civil society play in creating more democratic attitudes and values. Great care is being taken to minimize the loss of respondents in the second wave of the design, to be sure that respondents can answer in their language of choice, to be certain the questions and experimental scenarios used in the interviews are equivalent across languages, that respondents represent the racial and linguistic heterogeneity of the population, and that reliability estimates for the instruments are calculable. The sophistication of the surveys in this project fill a void that previous survey work in Africa has left because of the questionable methods employed. The project extends theoretical developments in our understanding of the process of democratization as well as provides an invaluable dataset that will be available to other researchers at the conclusion of the project. ***