Intolerancia a la Ambigüedad, Conservadurismo Político y Justificación de la Inequidad Económica, Legal, Educativa y Étnica en la Ciudad de Lima – Perú

Abstract

The article analyzes the relationship between political conservatism and the justification of economic, legal, educational, and ethnic inequality in a sample of students and university graduates from the city of Lima. The following aspects were evaluated: intolerance toward ambiguity, rightwing authoritarianism (RWA), social dominance orientation (SDO), and rightist political orientation. A Path-analysis shows that intolerance toward ambiguity directly influences RWA and SDO, and that these variables, in turn, influence the four types of justification of inequality. SDO exerts a greater influence than RWA.

Keywords

• inequality
• system justification theory
• political conservatism
• authoritarianism
• social dominance orientation