Poglądy autorytarne a stosunek do demokracji polskich studentów
Authoritarian views and attitudes towards democracy: the case of polish students

Summary/Abstract: In his article, the author presents the problem of legitimacy crisis of contemporary democracy. Empirical data show, that citizens of different consolidated democracies are becoming more and more cynical towards a value of democratic political system. It turns out that this problem is related to younger generations of citizens. The author wants to answer the question: how do young people (students) perceive and evaluate the political system in Poland? He probes into the wider social context of democratic legitimacy. Therefore, he analyzes the relationship between students’ preferences in scope of forms of government and their views measured on the scale of authoritarian/democratic attitudes.

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