Tribalization of politics in authoritarian regimes: Analysis of the link between political tribalism and right-wing authoritarianism in Cameroon

Gustave Adolphe Messanga and Sonia NPIANE Ngongueu
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Gustave Adolphe Messanga: Department of Philosophy-Psychology-Sociology, University of Dschang, Cameroon
Sonia NPIANE Ngongueu: Department of Philosophy-Psychology-Sociology, University of Dschang, Cameroon

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2021, vol. 05, issue 1, 15-24

Abstract: This study analyzes the Relationship between political tribalism and right-Wing authoritarianism in Cameroon. It assumes That there is a positive and significant link between those two constructs. 191 Beti students, including 111 women and 80 men attending the universities of Dschang and Yaounde 1 were selected as participants. Their average age is 26.96 years. The choice made on Beti tribe is linked to the fact that literature reveals that political tribalism is mostly observed among dominant ethnic groups (Lonsdale, 2011). Data collection was done using a political tribalism’s scale constructed for the purposes of the study and Dunwoody and Funke’s (2016) right-wing authoritarianism scale, revised and adapted to cameroonian context by Npiane Ngongueu (2018). Analyzes provide empirical support for the hypothesis of the study (r = .15, p

Date: 2021
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