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Peer reviewedZellman, Gail L. – Journal of Social Issues, 1975
Presents descriptive and analytic data about tolerance for civil liberties and dissent among the American public, asserting that support for free speech and dissent in concrete situations is more limited than support for abstract principles--a gap explained in terms of dynamics of threat, value conflict, cognitive dissociation, and socialization…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Civil Liberties, Individual Development, Majority Attitudes
Peer reviewedErskine, Hazel; Sigel, Richard L. – Journal of Social Issues, 1975
Discusses the degree of support for civil liberties shown over the years in U.S. public opinion polls, summarizing the trends in American public opinion on tolerance of some forms of dissent shown in the 1954, 1972, 1973 and 1974 National Opinion Research Center polls, assorted Gallup and Harris polls, and other data sources. (JM)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Civil Liberties, Dissent, Majority Attitudes
Peer reviewedWilson, W. Cody – Journal of Social Issues, 1975
Presents data regarding belief in freedom of speech and press collected in early 1970 in face to face interviews with 2,486 respondents in a national probability sample of adults in order to test several hypotheses derived from previous empirical research, noting that the pattern of differential distribution of such belief appears to be quite…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Demography, Economic Factors, Geographic Distribution
