Structure of ideology: evidence from Serbia

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

The paper contributes to the research on the structure of socio-political attitudes through an analysis of survey data from Serbia. The main problem tackles two research traditions: one dealing with the existence of stable political attitudes and ideological orientations among the mass public, and the other dealing with the dimensionality of political attitudes or ideology. The analysis revealed a complex hierarchical organization of political attitudes. First-order factor analysis resulted in 15 attitudinal dimensions including nationalism, militarism, and traditionalism. The second-order factors resulted in 4 general ideological dimensions, labeled as the socialist conservatism, right-wing conservatism, social order and hierarchy orientation, and post-materialist orientation. The results are discussed with reference to the literature on hierarchical organization of political attitudes. (author's abstract)

Object Details

• ISSN: 2285-4916
• Extent: Seite(n): 17-40
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: European Quarterly of Political Attitudes and Mentalities, 5(3)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Politikwissenschaft ; politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur ; Serbien ; Sozialpolitik ; politische Einstellung ; Ideologie ; Öffentlichkeit ; politisches Verhalten ; Bevölkerung ; Nationalismus ; Tradition ; Militarismus ; Konservatismus ; Wertorientierung ; Sozialordnung ; Befragung ; Faktorenanalyse

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Todosijević, Bojan
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (when): 2016

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-48025-8
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:26 PM CEST