We performed a multilevel, multinational analysis using the 2012 European Social Survey dataset (N=41 080, nested in 20 countries) to study how living in a non-communist versus in a post-communist country moderates the link between individual conservative values (drawn on Schwartz’s theory of basic human values) and political orientation (assessed as self-placement on the left–right axis and attitude towards economic redistribution). The results supported the moderating role of living in a non-communist versus in a post-communist country in the case both of political self-placement and of attitude towards economic redistribution, even controlling for the countries’ degree of individualism, power distance and democracy. Specifically, conservative values were positively related to a rightist political self-placement among participants living in countries without a communist past, and to a favourable attitude towards economic redistribution in countries with a communist past. The limitations, implications and future directions of this study are discussed.
Living in a non-communist vs. in a post-communist European country moderates the relation between conservative values and left-right political orientation: A multilevel study
ROCCATO, Michele
2016-01-01
Abstract
We performed a multilevel, multinational analysis using the 2012 European Social Survey dataset (N=41 080, nested in 20 countries) to study how living in a non-communist versus in a post-communist country moderates the link between individual conservative values (drawn on Schwartz’s theory of basic human values) and political orientation (assessed as self-placement on the left–right axis and attitude towards economic redistribution). The results supported the moderating role of living in a non-communist versus in a post-communist country in the case both of political self-placement and of attitude towards economic redistribution, even controlling for the countries’ degree of individualism, power distance and democracy. Specifically, conservative values were positively related to a rightist political self-placement among participants living in countries without a communist past, and to a favourable attitude towards economic redistribution in countries with a communist past. The limitations, implications and future directions of this study are discussed.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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