Abstract:The left-right political auto-identification has been used widely in the socio-political research for interpreting and organizing political attitudes and opinions. In this paper we analyse whether the meaning of the left-right orientation is the same in Eastern and Western Europe after the transformation in 1989. Using data from two big European survey programmes – European Social Survey & European Values Study – we show that while citizens’ support for economic liberalism is positively related to thei… Show more
“…Our inclusion of single‐item measures of ideological self‐placement warrants caution when drawing conclusions around our findings regarding this variable, especially considering the cross‐cultural differences in the underpinnings of the left–right political orientation (e.g. Wojcik et al, 2021).…”
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“…Our inclusion of single‐item measures of ideological self‐placement warrants caution when drawing conclusions around our findings regarding this variable, especially considering the cross‐cultural differences in the underpinnings of the left–right political orientation (e.g. Wojcik et al, 2021).…”
The version in the Kent Academic Repository may differ from the final published version. Users are advised to check http://kar.kent.ac.uk for the status of the paper. Users should always cite the published version of record.
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