Previous findings have shown that individual differences in basic values (e.g., universalism, power) and core political values (e.g., equality, free enterprise) account for substantial variation in political preferences. The present study goes beyond earlier studies focusing on values differences among voters of opposite ideologies. It addresses what is common across voters in basic values and core political values, taking into account their order importance across 15 countries from 4 continents, including polities whose pathways to democracy have been quite different. Self-direction among basic values and equality and civil liberties among political values ranked highest in most countries, independently of voters ideological orientation. This accords with the ideals of democracy as the political system that aims to grant all citizens equal respect and free expression of their personality.

Democracy through ideology and beyond: the values that are common to the right and the left / Caprara, Gian Vittorio; Vecchione, Michele. - In: CESKOSLOVENSKA PSYCHOLOGIE. - ISSN 0009-062X. - STAMPA. - 59:(2015), pp. 2-13.

Democracy through ideology and beyond: the values that are common to the right and the left

CAPRARA, Gian Vittorio;VECCHIONE, MICHELE
2015

Abstract

Previous findings have shown that individual differences in basic values (e.g., universalism, power) and core political values (e.g., equality, free enterprise) account for substantial variation in political preferences. The present study goes beyond earlier studies focusing on values differences among voters of opposite ideologies. It addresses what is common across voters in basic values and core political values, taking into account their order importance across 15 countries from 4 continents, including polities whose pathways to democracy have been quite different. Self-direction among basic values and equality and civil liberties among political values ranked highest in most countries, independently of voters ideological orientation. This accords with the ideals of democracy as the political system that aims to grant all citizens equal respect and free expression of their personality.
2015
ideology, values, left right
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Democracy through ideology and beyond: the values that are common to the right and the left / Caprara, Gian Vittorio; Vecchione, Michele. - In: CESKOSLOVENSKA PSYCHOLOGIE. - ISSN 0009-062X. - STAMPA. - 59:(2015), pp. 2-13.
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