scholarly journals Political attitudes vary with detection of androstenone

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-37
Author(s):  
Amanda Friesen ◽  
Mike Gruszczynski ◽  
Kevin B. Smith ◽  
John R. Alford
Keyword(s):  
Social Order ◽  
Political Attitudes ◽  
Biological Traits ◽  
Primary Reason ◽  
Odor Detection ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
Political Preferences ◽  
Political Orientations ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
And Behaviors

AbstractBuilding on a growing body of research suggesting that political attitudes are part of broader individual and biological orientations, we test whether the detection of the hormone androstenone is predictive of political attitudes. The particular social chemical analyzed in this study is androstenone, a nonandrogenic steroid found in the sweat and saliva of many mammals, including humans. A primary reason for scholarly interest in odor detection is that it varies so dramatically from person to person. Using participants’ self-reported perceptions of androstenone intensity, together with a battery of survey items testing social and political preferences and orientations, this research supports the idea that perceptions of androstenone intensity relate to political orientations—most notably, preferences for social order—lending further support to theories positing the influence of underlying biological traits on sociopolitical attitudes and behaviors.

Education and the Curious Case of Conservative Compromise

2019 ◽  
pp. 106591291986650
Author(s):  
James M. Glaser ◽  
Jeffrey M. Berry ◽  
Deborah J. Schildkraut
Keyword(s):  
Political Attitudes ◽  
Body Politic ◽  
Democratic Governance ◽  
The Body ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
Political Compromise ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

“Education,” notes Philip Converse, “is everywhere the universal solvent.” Whatever the ill of the body politic, many believe that greater education improves the condition. Much scholarship explores the impact of education on political attitudes and behaviors, but scholars have not examined the relationship of education to support for political compromise. This is especially topical, as compromise between parties seems harder than ever to achieve, yet compromise is necessary for democratic governance. We examine whether higher levels of education lead to support for compromise and find that education does matter, but the relationship is conditional. For liberals and moderates, more education promotes greater support for compromise. For conservatives, those with more education are not more likely to support compromise than those with less education. We argue that for conservatives, education matters for compromise support, but it also leads to better understanding of bedrock ideological principles that inhibit approval of compromise.

scholarly journals Political Socialization in New Democracies: Legacies of Repression and Pre-Democratic Partisanship

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Domike Blackman ◽  
Nicholas Lotito ◽  
Elizabeth Nugent ◽  
Daniel L Tavana
Keyword(s):  
Political Attitudes ◽  
New Democracies ◽  
Family Socialization ◽  
State Repression ◽  
Old Regime ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Democratic Elections

Family socialization is a key mechanism for the transmission of political attitudes and behaviors. Work in developed democracies highlights the role of family socialization in the stability of partisanship across generations. But what of family socialization in new democracies? In this paper, we develop a framework for understanding how experiences with state repression and the process of family socialization influence new democracies after transition from authoritarian rule. In doing so, we combine findings from established literature on processes of family socialization with political psychological work on how repression crystallizes political identities. We examine how individual-level experiences of state repression shape political participation and partisanship in Tunisia, an important and rare contemporary case of successful (and still ongoing) democratic transition. Drawing on a nationally representative survey conducted in 2017, we find evidence that Tunisian citizens whose family and community members who were arrested are more likely to vote in subsequent democratic elections and to vote against the old regime. While individuals who were arrested under the previous authoritarian regime are less likely to turn out to vote, in line with research on the demobilizing effects of repression, those that do vote are strong partisans and are more likely to vote for the former opposition and anti-old regime parties. This paper lays out a broader project on how the different socialization processes in authoritarian regimes affect political attitudes and behaviors after democratization.

scholarly journals Mass Media and Political Socialization: Chile, 1970-2000

2005 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-156
Author(s):  
Amy Walter
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Study Abroad ◽  
Undergraduate Student ◽  
Political Socialization ◽  
Political Attitudes ◽  
Student Research ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Study Abroad Program

This article presents an undergraduate student research project on the effect of the mass media on political attitudes and behaviors in Chile between the years 1970 and 2000 conducted on a study abroad program in Chile.

scholarly journals Alignment of values and political orientations amplifies climate change attitudes and behaviors

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Keith Smith ◽  
Lynn M. Hempel
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Policy Support ◽  
Human Values ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Individual Values ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
Political Orientations ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Climate Change Attitudes

Anthropogenic climate change presents an immediate threat, necessitating a rapid shift in climate change relevant behaviors and public policies. A robust literature has identified a number of individual-level determinants of climate change attitudes and behaviors. In particular, political orientations and self-transcendent values are amongst the most consistent and substantive predictors. But, political orientations and individual values do not operate in isolation of each other, and rather are deeply related constructs. Accordingly, this analysis focuses on identifying the direct and interactive effects of political orientations and human values on climate change attitudes and behaviors. Adopting cross-national data from 16 Western European states (2016 ESS), we find that when in alignment, the effect of human values on climate change concern and policy support is amplified by political orientations. The moderating effect of political orientations is most substantive for self-transcendence (positive) and conservation (negative) values.

Citizens’ Conceptualizations of Democracy

2012 ◽  
Vol 45 (9) ◽  
pp. 1132-1158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Damarys Canache
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Political Attitudes ◽  
Structural Complexity ◽  
Substantive Content ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
Public Beliefs ◽  
The World ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Citizens Attitudes

Empirical evidence of how citizens around the world understand democracy highlights the predominance of the liberal model of democracy. Yet the existence of a dominant view does not mean that all citizens in every nation exclusively endorse a liberal conceptualization. Hence, this article asks whether public beliefs about the meaning of democracy affect people’s political attitudes and behaviors. Using data from the 2006–2007 Latin American Public Opinion Project AmericasBarometer surveys, the author develops a taxonomy to categorize democratic conceptualizations in terms of structural complexity and substantive content. The author then examines the effects of the structure and substance of democratic conceptualizations on attitudes toward democracy and on patterns of political participation. Findings indicate that variance in the structure of citizens’ democratic conceptualizations brings several effects on political attitudes and behaviors. As to the substantive content of democratic conceptualizations, conceiving of democracy in terms other than liberty influences numerous aspects of citizens’ attitudes and behaviors.

The Danish Political Twin Study: Political Traits in Danish Twins and the General Population

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Klemmensen ◽  
Sara B. Hobolt ◽  
Peter T. Dinesen ◽  
Axel Skytthe ◽  
Asbjørn Sonne Nørgaard
Keyword(s):  
General Population ◽  
Sample Size ◽  
Twin Study ◽  
Political Attitudes ◽  
Representative Survey ◽  
Danish Population ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Danish Twin

We compare a recent Danish twin survey on political attitudes and behaviors to a nationally representative survey covering similar topics. We find very similar means and variances for most of our constructed scales of political attitudes and behaviors in the two surveys, although even small differences tend to be statistically significant due to sample size. This suggests that the twin study can be used to make inferences on the heritability of several political traits in the Danish population.

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