Tolerance for Unity: A Deceptive Call

Authors : Murat İNAN

Pages : 81-94

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Publication Date : 2023-03-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Many triumphant executive politicians in the history of democratic politics proposed tolerance as a cure for detrimental effects of fractionalization. Moreover, tolerance level in the society and its level of fractionalization are suggested to have counter implications for a series of macro-political and macro-economic features, including level of democracy, quality of institutions and economic growth. Nevertheless, up to now far too little attention has been paid to understand the relationship between the two. This research aims to solve this puzzle and asks the question whether tolerance level of the society decreases the fractionalization of the voters and the legislative body. This research used quantitative modes of inquiry to gain insights into this relationship. A final dataset, which consists of system-level data derived from Comparative Political Data Set and aggregated individual-level data extracted from World Values Survey for 12 Western democratic countries, was used for the analyses of this research. Counter to expectations, findings revealed that out-group tolerance and fractionalization of the political party system on both votes and seats levels are statistically significantly and positively associated.
Keywords : Oy seviyesinde ayrışma, Sandalye sevitesinde ayrışma, Dış grup hoşgörüsü, Birlik, Demokrasi