Exploring the role of university education in reducing the appeal of right‐wing populism

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dc.contributor.authorManning, N.
dc.contributor.authorStefanovic, D.
dc.date.issued2023
dc.descriptionFirst published: 02 October 2023
dc.description.abstractWhy are university‐educated ethnic majority men less likely to support right‐wing populism (RWP) than those without university education? To investigate this under‐researched question, we conducted an exploratory study using semistructured interviews and thematic analysis with white Australian men from different socioeconomic backgrounds. While some with university education supported RWP, their views aligned with a moderate version of the ideology. Student/graduate supporters of RWP were opposed to hiring practices designed to support gender and ethnic equity. Students/graduates who experienced contact with Others were generally more positive about diversity, but this was not always the case for non‐university participants. While students/graduates with RWP leanings tended to see university as a politically biased institution, concerns about political correctness were widespread across the sample. Significantly, numerous students/graduates experienced university education as promoting a pluralist outlook, and this outlook appears fundamentally incompatible with the monist tendencies of RWP ideology. However, findings also suggest that university education is not the only route to a pluralist outlook, nor does it always lead to a rejection of RWP. Hence, developing a pluralist outlook may be more important than university education in reducing the appeal of RWP. The implications of these exploratory findings for future research are discussed.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityNathan Manning, Djordje Stefanovic
dc.identifier.citationAustralian Journal of Social Issues, 2023; 58(4):747-764
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/ajs4.287
dc.identifier.issn0157-6321
dc.identifier.issn1839-4655
dc.identifier.orcidManning, N. [0000-0003-0488-0888]
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2440/139812
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell
dc.rights© 2023 The Authors. Australian Journal of Social Issues published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Australian Social Policy Association. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1002/ajs4.287
dc.subjectAustralia; far-right; racism; sociology of right-wing populism
dc.titleExploring the role of university education in reducing the appeal of right‐wing populism
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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