Original scientific paper

Structure of the Ideological Commitment of the Citizens

Ivan Rimac ; Institute of Social Science «Ivo Pilar», Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Structural analysis of the political position of the citizens, was done by self-perception on a left-right scale, and by comparison with measurements of religiosity and acceptance of the state's role in the distribution of national income (it is an economical disposition of left-right dimension). Analysis of the dimensionality of social role of the state indicators, shows us that there is no structure of attitudes toward this problem, but analysis of religiosity defines a clearly one-factor structure. In comparison with self-positioning on a left-right scale and with factor of religiosity, we found that a significant correlation exists, which shows a weak structure of political attitudes, predominantly a traditional value system. The connection of self-perceptions with preference for political parties leads us to the same conclusion of the citizen's relatively low level of political information.

Keywords

ideology; policy; informations; religiosity; citizens

Hrčak ID:

31594

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/31594

Publication date:

27.4.1999.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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