Left–Right Orientations and Ideological Voting in New Democracies: A Case Study of Slovenia

Jou, Willy

doi:10.1080/09668136.2011.534300

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“…[…] the association was stronger in countries […] where the majority religion had significantly influenced the moral education and socialization of children and the national identity of people” (Caprara et al., 2018, p. 11). Jou argues that “compared with established Western democracies, in post‐communist societies, the anchoring of left‐right orientations in the social structure is comparatively low and often rooted in religiosity” (Jou, 2011, p. 39).…”

Section: Theoretical‐conceptual Framework Research Aims and Hypothesesmentioning

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Religiosity as a predictor of students' political attitudes

Boneta

Mrakovčić

2023

Sociology Compass

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This paper analyzes the relationship between students' level of actual religiosity and their sociodemographic characteristics, political orientation, and political attitudes. The paper is based on an online survey conducted at the University of Rijeka (N = 624) in 2021. The vast majority of our respondents (90%) received the three holy sacraments of initiation in their early childhood and attended Catholic religious education at school. The explanation of the significantly less actual religiosity of students is approached from the position of Pickel's contextualized theory of secularization. Relying on Voas and Day, a composite variable distinguishes highly religious students, moderately religious students, weakly religious students, and non‐religious students on the basis of the respondents' positioning toward religious self‐identification, beliefs, Church attendance, and the importance of religion in one's life. Statistically significant correlations between actual religiosity and political orientation were established. Very religious Catholic students, who are the least numerous and the least homogenous category, are more inclined to right‐wing political orientation and reject ethno‐nationalism/anti‐multiculturalism less and accept clericalism more than other categories of students. In a broader sense, this study reveals that a large number of respondents distance themselves from religion and the Church at student age despite their experience of formal religious socialization at school age. Furthermore, the results suggest that the synergy of the liberalizing effect of education and the tolerant sociocultural atmosphere of an area reduces the influence of religiosity on the political attitudes and orientation of students.

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Section: Theoretical‐conceptual Framework Research Aims and Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Religiosity as a predictor of students' political attitudes

Boneta

Mrakovčić

2023

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“…The Slovenian political space is characterized by a bipolar division into two political blocs (Fink -Hafner 1994;Tomšič 2008;Jou 2011). This division largely covers the left -right cleavage.…”

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The Rise of Person-Based Politics in the New Democracies: The Czech Republic and Slovenia

Cabada¹,

Tomšič²

2016

Politics in Central Europe

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In the article, the authors address certain recent political developments in two former communist countries, the Czech Republic and Slovenia. They focus on the rise of personalized politics, i.e. the type of political conduct that is driven predominantly by the personal character of political leaders (much more than by programs and ideologies). Specifically, the authors look at the weak political partisanship in East-Central Europe as one of the key factors triggering person-based politics. They find that personalized leadership has divergent consequences for political life in a democratic polity. It is very effective in mobilizing mass support as well as in overcoming many organizational obstacles. However, its influence on the quality of the democratic process is questionable.

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“…The political space in post‐communist Slovenia is characterised by a division into two political blocs of left and right (Adam and Tomšič ; Jou ). Neither of them is internally homogenous.…”

Section: Berlusconisation Of Political Lifementioning

confidence: 99%