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In the Eye of the Beholder?The Foundations of Subjective Human Rights Conditions in East-Central EuropeSyracuse University
Bilkent University
Lamar University
University of California-Irvine Using cross-national survey data and information on government practices concerning human rights collected in 17 post-Communist states in Central and Eastern Europe, the authors examine the determinants of people’s attitudes about their country’s human rights situation. They find that not all people in countries that systematically violate human rights develop more negative opinions about their country’s human rights situation. However, results show high levels of disregard for human rights strongly affect evaluations of human rights practices among individuals with higher levels of education. Thus better educated respondents were significantly more likely to say there was respect for human rights in their country if they lived in a country with fewer violations of the integrity of the person or that protected political and civil rights; conversely, they were less likely to say so if they lived in a more repressive country or a country where political and civil rights were frequently violated.
Key Words: human rights • repression • democracy • public opinion • attitudes
Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 38, No. 7,
771-798 (2005) This article has been cited by other articles:
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