Entry:

Davis, James A., "Communism and Cohorts Continued: American Tolerance in 1954 and 1972-1987," GSS Social Change Report No. 30, Chicago: NORC, June, 1988.

Abstract:

This paper compares trends in free speech attitudes during the GSS years (1972-87) with those of the "Stouffer Shift" (1954-72) in light of Stouffer's prediction that cohort replacement would generate increased tolerance. Cohort replacement appears to have facilitated tolerance to some degree in both periods, but the GSS era saw slight negative intra-cohort trends while the Stouffer shift was buttressed by large intra-cohort increases in tolerance.

ACT: This paper compares trends in free speech attitudes during the GSS years (1972-87) with those of the "Stouffer Shift" (1954-72) in light of Stouffer's prediction that cohort replacement would generate increased tolerance. Cohort replacement appears to have facilitated tolerance to some degree in both periods, but the GSS era saw slight negative intra-cohort trends while the Stouffer shift was buttressed by large intra-cohort increases in tolerance.

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Stouffer 1954