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In de ban van de koning ? : Een verkennend survey-onderzoek naar de structuur van de attitudes van Vlaamse scholieren tegenover de monarchie

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  • Bart Maddens
  • Jan Tommissen
  • Dieter Vanhee orcid logo
  • Wouter Van Mierloo
  • Karolien Weekers

Abstract

A survey amongst 602 Flemish secondary school pupils, aged 17-18, shows that a distinction can be made between two different, albeit closely related, dimensions of royalism : the emotional attachment to the king as a person and to the royal family on the one hand, and the political support for the monarchy on the other. Respondents are predominantly indifferent or negative about the monarchy, particularly on the emotional dimension. A multivariate analysis shows that male and non-churchgoing pupils are more negative on both dimensions. Pupils from migrant families are more positive on the emotional dimension. The scores on both dimensions are higher amongst pupils who identify with Belgium rather than with Flanders, who have strong patriotic feelings and who tend towards an authoritarian attitude. The scores are lower amongst pupils with a
preference for a regionalist party. The hypothesis that intense royalist feelings coincide with a general attitude of trust in the political authorities was only confirmed with regard to the emotional dimension, while the political support for the monarchy appears to be detached from the trust in the political authorities.

How to Cite:

Maddens, B. & Tommissen, J. & Vanhee, D. & Van Mierloo, W. & Weekers, K., (2002) “In de ban van de koning ? : Een verkennend survey-onderzoek naar de structuur van de attitudes van Vlaamse scholieren tegenover de monarchie”, Res Publica 44(4), 549-573. doi: https://doi.org/10.21825/rp.v44i4.18434

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30 Dec 2002
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