scholarly journals DEMOCRATIC VALUES OF THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE: STRUCTURE AND FACTORS OF CONSTRUCTING

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 66-67
Author(s):  
I. Shcherbak
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
European Social Survey ◽  
Democratic Values ◽  
Main Attention ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Empirical Typology ◽  
Major Attention

In this article, according to the 6th wave of the European Social Survey, the concept of the democratic values in its practical and empirical dimension is constructed and analyzed. The main attention is focused on the statistical rationale and description of democratic values structure; the empirical typology of respondents is based on its different inclinations. Besides, article is based on the description of factors, that could influence on the level of inclination and its impact of political and ideological positions of personality. Major attention is devoted to the data analysis in its time perspective (couple of months before Euromaidan's beginning) and the existence of regional distortions in democratic orientations. Author stated, that the level of democratic values might be among the factors of increasing social activity in 2013.

scholarly journals Decomposing Attitude Distributions to Quantify Mass Polarization in Europe

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Gestefeld ◽  
Jan Lorenz ◽  
Klaus Boehnke ◽  
Nils Tobias Henschel
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Time Trends ◽  
General Trend ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
European Social Survey ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Election Results

In recent years, political discourse and election results appear to be morepolarized than in the years before. Empirical evidence for opinion polarization hasbeen found regarding specific topics but is there a general trend in society? Wecompare various polarization measures and find that in empirical data most ofthem correlate strongly with the average attitude discrepancy between randomlyselected pairs which we propose as a catch-all measure for polarization. In anexploratory data analysis of the European Social Survey, we analyze distributionsof individual responses on the left-right political self-placements and several otherattitudes. We find that distributions are typically not unimodal or bimodal, butshow more structure with up to five modes.We exploit this structure by fitting a new model to distributions of answers onan eleven-point attitude scale, and demonstrate that distributions can beapportioned into moderates, extremists, and centrists. We use the model todecompose general polarization into empirically meaningful components which weuse to analyze the complete data set across topics, across countries, and withrespect to time-trends establishing an overview and new perspectives onpolarization in Europe.

Inequality and Opportunities in the Spanish Regions: The Role of Immigration

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 655-680
Author(s):  
Ana Suárez Álvarez ◽  
Ana Jesús López Menéndez
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Family Background ◽  
Great Majority ◽  
European Social Survey ◽  
Background Characteristics ◽  
Main Attention ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Cultural Life ◽  
Spanish Regions

The aim of this article is to analyze inequality and inequality of opportunity (IOp) for the Spanish regions Autnomous Communities (CCAA), paying main attention to the situation of foreign immigrants. For this purpose, we use the European Social Survey of Income and Living Conditions database and some variables regarding individuals’ perceptions about immigration from the European Social Survey. We find that both income inequality and IOp increase between 2004 and 2010 for the great majority of the Spanish regions. Moreover, we observe convergence between regions in terms of IOp, while there is not convergence in terms of income inequality. In addition, the contribution of the different variables used as circumstances to estimate IOp varies greatly. The contribution to IOp of being an immigrant experienced a considerable and worrying increase, whereas the importance of family background characteristics is reduced to a great extent. Likewise, the analysis in deep of the situation of immigrants provides some interesting evidence. Firstly, we show that immigrant population experienced a downturn in their situation in terms of income; secondly, we find that, according to individuals’ perceptions about immigration, as the share of immigrants rises, there is an improvement in their impact in cultural life.

scholarly journals Mapping civic experiences in Estonia

2012 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Kaun
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
European Social Survey ◽  
Civic Culture ◽  
Democratic Values ◽  
Civic Action ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Holistic Perspective ◽  
Survey Round ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThe article concerns civic experiences beyond or prior to civic action. Approaching questions of civic culture and democracy by way of the rather broad notion of civic experience, the author suggests that democratic values and processes involving citizens’ participation should be understood as deeply anchored in the lifeworld. The article establishes a view in which civic culture is understood from a holistic perspective as an experience. At the same time, the author is interested in the ways in which media are involved in that process, without assuming their predominance in fostering civic engagement and public connection. Drawing mainly on 20 solicited, open-ended online diaries with young adults from Narva, Tartu, and Tallinn in Estonia and the European Social Survey Round 5, the article proposes civic experience as a helpful notion to overcome the generic divide between utopian and dystopian views on the relationship between media and civic culture.

Re-examining Socialization Theory: How Does Democracy Influence the Impact of Education on Anti-Foreigner Sentiment?

2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 915-938 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens Peter Frølund Thomsen ◽  
Mark Olsen
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
European Social Survey ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Democratic Institutions ◽  
Democratic Values ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
East European ◽  
Socialization Theory ◽  
The Impact

Socialization theory claims that the ability of education to reduce anti-foreigner sentiment varies cross-nationally because state authorities are not equally committed to accepting ethnic minorities: higher educated persons harbor less anti-foreigner sentiment because they spend longer in educational institutions that impose official democratic values, which forbid negative reactions toward ethnic minorities. Consequently, higher educated persons ought to diverge from the lower educated as democratic institutions progress. Analyses support these claims: the impact of education on reducing anti-foreigner sentiment is strongest in the oldest democracies, moderate among the medium-aged (e.g., South European) democracies and weakest among the youngest (East European) democracies; and higher educated persons are disproportionately influenced by the maturation of democratic institutions. Analyses utilize data from the 28-country 2008 European Social Survey.

Recovery Self Assessment – Übersetzung und kulturelle Anpassung eines recovery-orientierten Einschätzungsinstrumentes

Pflege ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 233-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gianfranco Zuaboni ◽  
Luciana Degano Kieser ◽  
Bernd Kozel ◽  
Katharina Glavanovits ◽  
Jörg Utschakowski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
European Social Survey ◽  
Assessment Scale ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Social Survey

Zusammenfassung. Hintergrund: Der Recovery-Ansatz gewinnt in der psychiatrischen Forschung und Praxis zunehmend an Bedeutung. Im englischen Sprachraum ist die praktische Etablierung und wissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzung fortgeschritten. Um die Implementierung des Ansatzes zu unterstützen, sind Einschätzungsinstrumente notwendig. Ein verbreitetes und anerkanntes Instrument ist die Recovery Self Assessment Scale (RSA). Diese besteht aus vier Versionen eines Fragebogens, welche die Perspektiven von Nutzenden, Fachpersonen, Angehörigen und dem Management erfassen. Ziel/Methode: In diesem Artikel werden die Entwicklung des Instrumentes und der Übersetzungsprozess dargestellt. Zwei voneinander unabhängige Arbeitsgruppen verwendeten unterschiedliche Übersetzungsverfahren: Die Arbeitsgruppe aus der Schweiz (AGS) orientierte sich an den ISOR-Prinzipien, die Arbeitsgruppe aus Norddeutschland (AGN) an den Richtlinien des European Social Survey Programme zur Übersetzung von Fragebögen – TRAPD. Die Methoden unterscheiden sich darin, dass die TRAPD Fokusgruppen vorsieht. Die Ergebnisse der Arbeitsgruppen wurden mittels eines Konsensusverfahrens zur RSA-D zusammengeführt. Ergebnisse: Bei der Übersetzung und kulturellen Anpassung der RSA-D wurde die Nähe zum theoretischen Bezugsrahmen der RSA gewahrt und die Übertragbarkeit in den deutschsprachigen Kontext berücksichtigt. Schlussfolgerung: Bevor die RSA-D in der Praxis und Forschung eingesetzt werden kann, sollte in weiterführenden Studien die psychometrische Testung erfolgen.

Power Values and Power Distance Moderate the Relationship Between Workplace Supervisory Power and Job Satisfaction

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 135-141
Author(s):  
Kenneth D. Locke
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Multilevel Modeling ◽  
Power Distance ◽  
European Social Survey ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Workplace Power ◽  
Over Time

Abstract. Person–job (or needs–supplies) discrepancy/fit theories posit that job satisfaction depends on work supplying what employees want and thus expect associations between having supervisory power and job satisfaction to be more positive in individuals who value power and in societies that endorse power values and power distance (e.g., respecting/obeying superiors). Using multilevel modeling on 30,683 European Social Survey respondents from 31 countries revealed that overseeing supervisees was positively associated with job satisfaction, and as hypothesized, this association was stronger among individuals with stronger power values and in nations with greater levels of power values or power distance. The results suggest that workplace power can have a meaningful impact on job satisfaction, especially over time in individuals or societies that esteem power.

Basic Human Values of Russians and Other Europeans (The Results of 2008 Surveys)

2010 ◽  
pp. 107-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Magun ◽  
M. Rudnev
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Policy ◽  
European Social Survey ◽  
The Other ◽  
Human Values ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Russian Economy ◽  
Value Diversity ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
Value Changes ◽  
Fourth Round

The authors rely mainly on the data from the fourth round of the European Social Survey held in 2008 in their comparison between the Russian basic values and the values of the 31 other European countries as measured by Schwartz Portrait Values Questionnaire. The authors start from comparing country averages. Then they compare Russia with the other countries taking into account internal country value diversity. And finally they refine cross-country value comparisons taking the advantage of the multiple regression analysis. As revealed from the study there are important value barriers to the Russian economy and society progress and well targeted cultural policy is needed to promote necessary value changes.

Associations Between Higher-Order Values Vary with Age, Education, and Income

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maksim Rudnev
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
European Social Survey ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Group Differences ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Value Structures ◽  
Younger Age ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Representative Samples

A theory of basic human values relies on the similarity of value structures across countries. It has been well established that the quasi-circumplex value structure as a whole is indeed universal. However, less attention has been paid to the associations between specific values. This study investigated associations between four higher-order values across age, education, and income groups. We analyzed the data from national representative samples collected in 29 countries as part of the fourth round of the European Social Survey with a series of multilevel regressions. Younger age, higher levels of education and income coincided with higher independence of the four adjacent higher-order values, whereas among older, less educated, and less wealthy groups, values tended to merge into a single dimension of Social versus Person Focus. These differences were slightly weaker in more economically developed countries. The group differences in value associations may follow from corresponding differences in the degree of societal and individual empowerment, cognitive abilities, and socialization experiences. Accounting for the individual differences in relations between values may bring deeper understanding and higher predictive power to the studies of links between values and various behaviors or attitudes. , value structure, value interactions, European Social Survey

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