TY - JOUR
T1 - Basic Values, Ideological Self-Placement, and Voting
T2 - A Cross-Cultural Study
AU - Caprara, Gian Vittorio
AU - Vecchione, Michele
AU - Schwartz, Shalom H.
AU - Schoen, Harald
AU - Bain, Paul G.
AU - Silvester, Jo
AU - Cieciuch, Jan
AU - Pavlopoulos, Vassilis
AU - Bianchi, Gabriel
AU - Kirmanoglu, Hasan
AU - Baslevent, Cem
AU - Mamali, Cătălin
AU - Manzi, Jorge
AU - Katayama, Miyuki
AU - Posnova, Tetyana
AU - Tabernero, Carmen
AU - Torres, Claudio
AU - Verkasalo, Markku
AU - Lönnqvist, Jan Erik
AU - Vondráková, Eva
AU - Caprara, Maria Giovanna
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, © 2017 SAGE Publications.
PY - 2017/10/1
Y1 - 2017/10/1
N2 - 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).
AB - 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).
KW - basic values
KW - ideology
KW - left–right
KW - political orientation
KW - voting
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85029000453&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1069397117712194
DO - 10.1177/1069397117712194
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AN - SCOPUS:85029000453
SN - 1069-3971
VL - 51
SP - 388
EP - 411
JO - Cross-Cultural Research
JF - Cross-Cultural Research
IS - 4
ER -