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The present study is specifically designed to collect and discuss various easily available scales on tolerance. Through this study various aspects/dimensions of the tolerance are identified which includes political, religious and economic wellbeing. Religious tolerance is focusing on adaptation of followers to diversity and pluralism. The new approach promulgated in political tolerance measurement of the respondents is by selecting the least liked group. This technique is considered appropriate in measuring tolerance level of the people. Similarly, economic wellbeing and tolerance estimation is investigated with reference to social diversity of groups. Each one is briefly discussed with its reference, target area and nature of the respondents. Major uniform themes are identified to be used in future scale on tolerance. We hope that this input will help the researchers in their researches. This is a type of library and/or disk study where scales are surfed through internet and discussed in the class room for meaningful inferences.
Keywords: Tolerance, Dimensions, Political, Religious, Economic, and Scale
Introduction
Measuring tolerance means to estimate the capacity of a person with reference to his or her adjustment with the most disliked person or group or situation. An individual in the context of tolerance belongs to some of the contexts, social settings within defined social territory of relationships in which he/she has some sort of belongingness, likes and dislikes, sense of loyalty and to sacrifice subjective and objective property. However, the question here arises that in the society where different level of interests, priorities and social settings exist due to technological exposure and advancement in access towards knowledge, so people tends to have different opinions and interests, leads to conflicts in society. In such a situation, tolerance of religious, social and political pluralism becomes vital for the good of society and its people. As such social milieu is considered conducive for all irrespective of their cast, creed, religion, color and gender.
Tolerance is 'putting up' with something you do not like (Vogt, 1997). Tolerance contains an internal paradox of accepting the things one rejects or objects to. To overcome or avoid conflict, one needs to tolerate the very things one abhors, disagrees with, disapproves of or dislikes (Gibson, 2006; Sullivan & Transue, 1999).
Tolerance exists in the space between indifference and...