Varieties of indoctrination: the politicization of education and the media around the world

Neundorf, A. , Nazrullaeva, E., Northmore-Ball, K., Tertytchnaya, K. and Kim, W. (2024) Varieties of indoctrination: the politicization of education and the media around the world. Perspectives on Politics, (doi: 10.1017/S1537592723002967) (Early Online Publication)

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Abstract

For many decades, scholars assumed voluntary compliance and citizens’ commitment to a regime’s principles and values to be critical for regime stability. A growing literature argues that indoctrination is essential to achieve this congruence. However, the absence of a clear definition and comprehensive comparative measures of indoctrination have hindered systematic research on such issues. In this paper, we fill this gap by synthesizing literature across disciplines to clarify the concept of indoctrination, focusing particularly on the politicization of education and the media. We then outline how the abstract concept can be operationalized, and introduce and validate an original expert-coded dataset on indoctrination that covers 160 countries from 1945 to the present. The dataset should facilitate a new generation of empirical inquiry on the causes and consequences of indoctrination.

Item Type:Articles
Additional Information:The research of this project is generously funded by a European Research Council Consolidator Grant “Democracy under Threat: How Education can Save it” (DEMED) (Grant number: 865305).
Status:Early Online Publication
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Kim, Mr Wooseok and Neundorf, Professor Anja
Authors: Neundorf, A., Nazrullaeva, E., Northmore-Ball, K., Tertytchnaya, K., and Kim, W.
College/School:College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Politics
Journal Name:Perspectives on Politics
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
ISSN:1537-5927
ISSN (Online):1541-0986
Published Online:20 March 2024
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2024 The Authors
First Published:First published in Perspectives on Politics 2024
Publisher Policy:Reproduced under a Creative Commons License

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Project CodeAward NoProject NamePrincipal InvestigatorFunder's NameFunder RefLead Dept
310325DEMEDAnja NeundorfEuropean Commission (EC)N/AS&PS - Politics