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Type Journal Article
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title Basic Values, Ideological Self-Placement, and Voting: A Cross-Cultural Study
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Gian Vittorio Caprara
  • Michele Vecchione
  • Shalom H Schwartz
  • Harald Schoen
  • Paul G Bain
  • Jo Silvester
  • Jan Cieciuch
  • Vassilis Pavlopoulos
  • Gabriel Bianchi
  • Hasan Kirmanoglu
  • Cem Baslevent
  • Cătălin Mamali
  • Jorge Manzi
  • Miyuki Katayama
  • Tetyana Posnova
  • Carmen Tabernero
  • Claudio Torres
  • Markku Verkasalo
  • Jan-Erik Lönnqvist
  • Eva Vondráková
  • Maria Giovanna Caprara
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed Yes
Status Published in final form
Language
  • English
Journal Title Cross-Cultural Research
Publisher Sage Publications Ltd.
Geographical Reach international
ISSN 1069-3971
Volume 51
Number 4
Page Range 388 - 411
Date 2017
Abstract Text The current study examines the contribution of left–right (or liberal–conservative) ideology to voting, as well as the extent to which basic values account for ideological orientation. Analyses were conducted in 16 countries from five continents (Europe, North America, South America, Asia, and Oceania), most of which have been neglected by previous studies. Results showed that left–right (or liberal–conservative) ideology predicted voting in all countries except Ukraine. Basic values exerted a considerable effect in predicting ideology in most countries, especially in established democracies such as Australia, Finland, Italy, United Kingdom, and Germany. Pattern of relations with the whole set of 10 values revealed that the critical trade-off underlying ideology is between values concerned with tolerance and protection for the welfare of all people (universalism) versus values concerned with preserving the social order and status quo (security). A noteworthy exception was found in European postcommunist countries, where relations of values with ideology were small (Poland) or near to zero (Ukraine, Slovakia).
Digital Object Identifier 10.1177/1069397117712194
Other Identification Number merlin-id:15555
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