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‘Sexually modern nativist voters’: do they exist and do they vote for the populist radical right?

“…Also, LGBT people have been seen as contesting existing sexual moral and norms of the nation. Research on prejudice and groupfocused enmity, for instance, found that prejudice towards one group is associated with prejudice towards another (Zick, Pettigrew, and Wagner 2008) and more concretely also unfavourable attitudes towards LGBT people and immigrants have often been found to be (strongly) correlated (Inglehart 1997;Persell, Green, and Gurevich 2001;Whitley and Aegisdottir 2000). The overlap between attitudes towards migrants and LGBT people is even considered to be the central component in the non-economic dimension of the political landscape across politics in the West (Van der Brug and Van Spanje 2009).…”

Voluntariedad, género e interés por la política en el asociacionismo de Japón. Un estudio de caso

“…No obstante, hay otras maneras más indirectas de acercarse a la vida política. Las teorías de la sociedad civil, el capital social y el voluntarismo cívico plantean el potencial de las asociaciones voluntarias como mecanismo para encauzar el interés político y la participación, puesto que ellas podrían promocionar en sus miembros el interés y la capacidad para poder vincular sus preocupaciones cercanas con los problemas más lejanos (abstractos), confiar en otros miembros para trabajar juntos y adquirir habilidades cívicas como organizar reuniones, hacer presentaciones públicas o escribir cartas a los políticos, entre otras posibilidades (Persell et al, 2001;Putnam et al, 1993;Putnam, 2000;Verba et al, 1995).…”

Civic Participation and Gender Beliefs: An Analysis of 46 Countries

“…The relationship between civic participation and individual values and attitudes is controversial. While some authors underscore the self-selection effect by pointing out that people who join civic associations already share pro-democratic attitudes [Uslaner 2002[Uslaner , 2003], others support the socialisation thesis explaining how membership in associations instils democratic values, such as tolerance, trust, loyalty, equality, and cooperation [Persell, Green and Gurevich 2001;Putnam 1995;van der Meer and van Ingen 2009]. Hooghe points out that the two approaches are not mutually exclusive and that 'voluntary associations are subject to a "selection and adaptation" dynamic ' [2003a: 106].…”

“…Contact mechanisms [Putnam 1993] are activated and lead to increased levels of trust, tolerance, and solidarity because contact increases social capital and associated attributes. Moreover, by getting involved in associations, people learn to cooperate and develop social skills as well, since associations instil tolerance, trust, equality, and cooperation [Coffe and Geys 2007;Paxton 2002;Persell, Green and Gurevich 2001;Putnam 1995;Sullivan et al 1981;van der Meer and van Ingen 2009;Wollebaek and Selle 2003]. Exposure to such values makes people likely to develop proegalitarian gender beliefs because changes in attitudes and beliefs do not occur in isolation but in connection with other attitudinal changes [Page and Shapiro 1992].…”