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Authoritarianism and Urban Stratification
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1956
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Status AttainmentDiscriminationEducationPolitical BehaviorSocial ChangeSocial StratificationSocial SciencesLos Angeles CountyUrban StratificationUrban HistoryUrban PoliticsUrban TheorySocial InequalitySocial IdentityClass ConflictSocial ClassSocial CharacteristicAuthoritarianismUrban GeographyPolitical GeographySociologyUrban Social JusticeOppressionClass AnalysisPolitical ScienceAuthoritarianism-equalitarianism Scale
An authoritarianism-equalitarianism scale was included in the interviews of a cross-section of the population in Los Angeles County. The results were related to variables of stratification and social class. Among manual workers no significant differences appear between the percentages of authoritarians at different periods of life; within the stratum of non-manual workers, however, such differences do appear: authoritarianism is related inversely to education, occupation, and other stratification variables. The percentage of authoritarians in the working class exceeds that in the middle class, and authoritarianism increase with intensity of class identification.