Darrel Robinson disputerar 11 oktober
2019-08-30
Darrel Robinson försvarar sin avhandling Education and Support for Democracy den 11 oktober kl. 10.00 i Ostromsalen (sal 4573), statsvetenskapliga institutionen, Gamla Torget 6.

Opponent är Peter Thisted Dinesen, professor i statskunskap vid Köpenhamns universitet.
Betygsnämndens ledamöter är professor Hanna Bäck, statsvetenskapliga institutionen vid Lunds universitet, professor Helena Svaleryd, nationalekonomiska institutionen vid Uppsala universitet och professor Anders Westholm, statsvetenskapliga institutionen vid Uppsala universitet.
Education and Support for Democracy
Abstract:
An extensive body of work has found that countries with relatively educated populations are more likely to be democratically governed. Further, a large body of work argues that education is associated with a host of individual-level factors, such as political participation and democratic values, which provides a micro-level mechanism to explain the link between education and democracy. The central claim is that education universally engenders democratic values, which in turn, drives individuals to make claim for democratic governance. I build on this prior research in three respects.
First, in Paper 1, using a sample of identical twins I show that the impact of education on political knowledge is highly confounded by family background. Education has a positive impact on knowledge for those individuals that were not exposed to political discussion in the home during upbringing. But for those that discussed politics with family, education has no impact on political knowledge. Second, I challenge the claim that education has a universally positive effect by examining the role of political context.
In Papers 2 and 3 I leverage education reforms as quasi-experiments to study how the effect of education on political attitudes varies in authoritarian and democratic countries. In Paper 2 we find that education at the primary and secondary level has no impact on support for democracy in principle, but that education in an authoritarian context leads to less satisfaction with democracy after a country transitions, whereas education in a democratic context leads to greater satisfaction with democracy. In Paper 3 I find that higher education in an authoritarian context weakens support for authoritarian rule, but that this effect is mitigated by a strong economy.
Finally, in Paper 4 we focus on the validity of survey measures of regime support in authoritarian states. Through a series of list experiments implemented in a novel web-based survey in China we find that respondents self-censor their true level of regime support to a large degree. Further, the level of self-censorship varies greatly by income, age, residence status, and education.
Ladda ner hela avhandlingen från DiVA (Digitala vetenskapliga arkivet)
Disputationer
-
Johanna Nilsson lägger fram sin licentiatavhandling 15 februari
Johanna Nilsson lägger fram sin licentiatavhandling Between Political Party and Armed Group - Unders... -
Oskar Hultin Bäckersten disputerar 2 februari
Oskar Hultin Bäckersten försvarar sin avhandling Weak Links in the Democratic Chain? Examining the D... -
August Danielson disputerar 8 december
August Danielson försvarar sin avhandling The Resilience of Diplomacy – Adaptation and Continuity of... -
Sandra Håkansson disputerar 20 oktober
Sandra Håkansson försvarar sin avhandling Politicians under threat: Gender aspects of violence again... -
Jan Szulkin disputerar 16 december
Jan Szulkin försvarar sin avhandling Mobilization or abstention? Economic inequality and labor marke... -
Anton Ahlén disputerar 21 oktober
Anton Ahlén försvarar sin avhandling Managing migration in modern welfare states – Essays on the dev... -
Maximilian S.T. Wanner disputerar 15 september
Maximilian S.T. Wanner försvarar sin avhandling Change and Progress in Disaster Risk Reduction den 1... -
Pernilla Tunberger disputerar 6 maj
Pernilla Tunberger försvarar sin avhandling Earning, caring and the quest for sustainable societies:... -
Maria Nordbrandt Bergström disputerar 14 januari
Maria Nordbrandt Bergström försvarar sin avhandling Modern Talking: On the Democratic Roles of Cross... -
Ariel Young disputerar den 5 november
Ariel Young försvarar sin avhandling Social-Policy Attitudes and the Great Recession: Changes in Per... -
Lutz Gschwind disputerar den 10 september
Lutz Gschwind försvarar sin avhandling Migration and social protection in European welfare states: C... -
Sofia Helander disputerar den 6 september
Sofia Helander försvarar sin avhandling From Antagonism to Alienation: Redirecting Radical Democracy... -
Lauri Peterson disputerar den 8 juni
Lauri Peterson försvarar sin avhandling Investigating the Determinants of International, National an... -
Lars Wikman disputerar den 12 maj
Lars Wikman försvarar sin avhandling Don’t Mention the War: The forging of a domestic foreign policy... -
David Ekstam disputerar den 29 mars
David Ekstam försvarar sin avhandling The socialization of intergroup attitudes: The problem of gene... -
Anton Brännlund disputerar den 8 mars
Anton Brännlund försvarar sin avhandling Wealth and the economic vote. How assets and liabilities sh... -
Anna Ida Rock disputerar den 5 mars
Anna Ida Rock försvarar sin avhandling Statebuilding through diaspora recruitment? - The role of cap... -
Cecilia Josefsson disputerar den 20 november
Cecilia Josefsson försvarar sin avhandling Adaptive resistance: Power struggles over gender quotas i... -
Kristoffer Jutvik disputerar den 13 juni
Kristoffer Jutvik försvarar sin avhandling Governing Migration – On the Emergence and Effects of Pol... -
Nadja Grees disputerar den 10 januari
Nadja Grees försvarar sin avhandling Changing Swedish sickness insurance – policies institutions and... -
Darrel Robinson disputerar 11 oktober
Darrel Robinson försvarar sin avhandling Education and Support for Democracy den 11 oktober kl. 10.0... -
Malin Holm disputerar 14 september
Malin Holm försvarar sin avhandling The Rise of Online Counterpublics? The Limits of Inclusion in a ... -
Michal Smrek disputerar 10 maj
Michal Smrek försvarar sin avhandling Incumbent Renomination: Accountability and Gender Bias den 10 ... -
Lena Noreland disputerar 5 april
Lena Noreland försvarar sin avhandling Laga efter läge. Statsråds föreställningar om styrning i Rege... -
Zohreh Khoban disputerar 8 februari
Zohreh Khoban försvarar sin avhandling Deliberation, against all odds? The critical prospects of min... -
Johan Wejryd disputerar 23 november
Johan Wejryd försvarar sin avhandling On consumed democracy: The Expansion of consumer choice and it... -
Johanna Pettersson disputerar 2 november
Johanna Pettersson försvarar sin avhandling What’s in a Line? Making Sovereignty through Border Poli... -
Marcus Wangel disputerar 5 juni
Marcus Wangel försvarar sin avhandling Deep Roots and Tangled Branches. Bureaucracy and Collaboratio... -
Karin Leijon disputerar 8 juni
Karin Leijon försvarar sin avhandling National Courts as Gatekeepers in European Integration den 8 j... -
Axel Cronert disputerar den 2 februari
Axel Cronert disputerar den 2 februari kl. 13.15 i Brusewitzsalen (Östra Ågatan 19) på avhandlingen ... -
Marcus Östeman disputerar den 15 december
Marcus Österman disputerar den 15 december kl. 13.15 i Brusewitzsalen (Östra Ågatan 19) på avhandlin... -
Charlotta Friedner Parrat disputerar den 7 oktober
Charlotta Friedner Parrat disputerar den 7 oktober kl. 13.15 i Brusewitzsalen (Östra Ågatan 19) på a... -
Frederike Albrecht disputerar 9 juni
Frederike disputerar den 9 juni i Brusewitzsalen kl. 13.15 ... -
Helena Hermansson disputerar 8 juni
Helena Hermansson disputerar 8 juni i Brusewitzsalen kl. 13:15 med avhandlingen "Centralized Disaste... -
Magnus Johnsson disputerar 7 juni
Magnus Johnsson disputerar 7 juni i Brusewitz salen kl. 13.15 med avhandlingen Strategic colonels? T... -
Linda Moberg disputerar 2 juni
Linda Moberg disputerar 2 juni kl. 10.15 i Brusewitz salen, Östra Ågatan 19 med avhandlingen "Market... -
Sara Bondesson disputerar 19 maj
Sara Bondesson disputerar den 19 maj kl. 13.15 i sal 3576, Östra Ågatan 19 med avhandlingen "Vulnera... -
Lina Erikson disputerar 20 maj
Lina Erikson disputerar den 20 maj i sal 3576, Östra Ågatan 19 med avhandlingen "Natural Disasters a... -
Rafael Ahlskog
Rafael Ahlskog disputerar den 24 mars kl. 13.15 i Nya Brusewitz salen, Östra Ågatan 19 med avhandlin...