Understanding Education's Influence on Support for Democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa
基于18个撒哈拉以南非洲国家的调查数据，研究发现教育水平通过提升政治理解和关注度，成为影响民主支持的最强因素，而非通过经济资源不平等。
Abstract Is education consequential for popular endorsement of democracy in developing societies and, if so, what are the mechanisms that account for this influence? We investigate the micro-foundations of the education–democracy nexus using a survey of 18 sub-Saharan African countries. We demonstrate that educational level is the strongest influence on support for democracy and rejection of non-democratic alternatives via its impact on comprehension of, and attention to, politics. This is consistent with a cognitive interpretation of the effects of education on democratic values rather than one which treats education as a marker of economic resource inequalities.