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Are Cultural and Economic Conservatism Positively Correlated? A Large-Scale Cross-National Test

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Malka, Ariel, Lelkes, Yphtach, Soto, Christopher J.·2019·British Journal of Political Science

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The right–left dimension is ubiquitous in politics, but prior perspectives provide conflicting accounts of whether cultural and economic attitudes are typically aligned on this dimension within mass publics around the world. Using survey data from ninety-nine nations, this study finds not only that right–left attitude organization is uncommon, but that it is more common for culturally and economically right-wing attitudes to correlate negatively with each other, an attitude structure reflecting a contrast between desires for cultural and economic protection vs. freedom . This article examines where, among whom and why protection–freedom attitude organization outweighs right–left attitude organization, and discusses the implications for the psychological bases of ideology, quality of democratic representation and the rise of extreme right politics in the West.

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Authors
Malka, A., Lelkes, Y., & Soto, C. J.
Affiliations
  • Colby College (US)
  • Yeshiva University (US)
Corresponding author
Malka, Ariel
Venue
British Journal of Political Science
Published
2017-05-30
Volume
49
Issue
3
Pages
1045-1069
ISSN
  • 0007-1234 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-2112
OpenAlex
W2620288584
Cited by
287
References
108
Citations by year
2026: 34 · 2025: 44 · 2024: 52 · 2023: 31 · 2022: 42 · 2021: 28 · 2020: 32 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 3
FWCI
74.46
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • British Journal of Political Science (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Cultural Differences and Values
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Populism, Right-Wing Movements
Keywords
cultural conservatism, economic conservatism, attitude structure, protectionism, freedom, cross-national comparison, political ideology, democratic representation

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