Basic Personal Values and the Meaning of Left-Right Political Orientations in 20 Countries

This study used basic personal values to elucidate the motivational meanings of "left" and "right" political orientations in 20 representative national samples from the European Social Survey (2002-2003). It also compared the importance of personal values and sociodemographic var...

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Veröffentlicht in:Political psychology Jg. 32; H. 4; S. 537 - 561
Hauptverfasser: Piurko, Yuval, Schwartz, Shalom H., Davidov, Eldad
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.08.2011
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Schlagworte:
Altruism
Assessed values
Conformity
Demographics
left-right
liberal
Liberalism
Meaning
Political attitudes
Political ideology
Political opinions
political orientations
Political parties
Political power
Political psychology
Political science
Politics
Post-communist societies
Postcommunism
postcommunist countries
Postcommunist Societies
Power
Religion
Religiosity
Sociodemographic Factors
Sociodemographics
Socioeconomic Status
traditional
Traditionalism
Universalism
Value Orientations
Values
Variables
Voting
ISSN:0162-895X, 1467-9221
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Zusammenfassung:This study used basic personal values to elucidate the motivational meanings of "left" and "right" political orientations in 20 representative national samples from the European Social Survey (2002-2003). It also compared the importance of personal values and sociodemographic variables as determinants of political orientation. Hypotheses drew on the different histories, prevailing culture, and socioeconomic level of three sets of countries—liberal, traditional, and postcommunist. As hypothesized, universalism and benevolence values explained a left orientation in both liberal and traditional countries and conformity and tradition values explained a right orientation; values had little explanatory power in postcommunist countries. Values predicted political orientation more strongly than sociodemographic variables in liberal countries, more weakly in postcommunist countries, and about equally in traditional countries.
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ISSN:0162-895X
1467-9221
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9221.2011.00828.x