Abstract
The chapter examines diffeences in political efficacy of left-wing versus right-wing oriented voters. Other psychological correlates, such as political interest, identification with a political leader, and uncertainty perception are also investigated. Data were collected in a survey on a representative sample of Italian population, within the ITANES programme. Results show that left-wing people have the highest level of political efficacy, while people refusing to place themselves on the left-right continuum have the lowest level. Besides, while a strong political interest supports political efficacy among left-wing people, identification with the leader supports efficacy among right-wing people. Finally, among people refusing to place themselves on the left-right continuum, reduced political efficacy seems to be the outcome of the high perceived uncertainty at individual and collective level.
Titolo tradotto del contributo | [Autom. eng. transl.] Effectiveness. Do or let do? |
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Lingua originale | Italian |
Titolo della pubblicazione ospite | Sinistra e destra. Le radici psicologiche della differenza politica |
Editor | PATRIZIA CATELLANI |
Pagine | 151-171 |
Numero di pagine | 21 |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2006 |
Keywords
- ideology
- political efficacy
- self efficacy
- uncertainty