Ideologically Illogical? Why Do the Lower-Educated Dutch Display so Little Value Coherence?

Autor/inn/en	Achterberg, Peter; Houtman, Dick
Titel	Ideologically Illogical? Why Do the Lower-Educated Dutch Display so Little Value Coherence?
Quelle	In: Social Forces, 87 (2009) 3, S.1649-1670 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0037-7732
Schlagwörter	Educational Attainment; Foreign Countries; Ideology; Freedom; Values; Socioeconomic Influences; National Surveys; Political Issues; Poverty; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Ausland; Ideologie; Freiheit; Wertbegriff; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Politischer Faktor; Armut; Niederlande
Abstract	In studies of mass ideology, it is often found that political values are ordered two-dimensionally among the public at large. In a first economic dimension, equality is contested; in a second cultural one, individual freedom is contested. While this general rule of two-dimensionality applies to the public at large, there are large differences between educational categories. While two-dimensionality is found for the lower educated, the higher educated order their values along a single dimension and hence show more value coherence. Using a recent Dutch national survey, we show that these differences between the higher and the lower educated cannot be explained by differences in political competence. Instead, a combination of cultural and economic insecurity is responsible for the lower levels of value coherence among the lower educated. (Contains 2 tables, 4 figures and 10 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10