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Does education make voters more leftist or more rightist?: a West vs. East cross-regional analysis

[journal article]

Feșnic, Florin N.
Armeanu, Oana I.

Abstract

Education is one of the most important determinants of political preferences and voting behavior. However, the direction of this impact is not universal. In a less developed, post-communist polity like Romania, education is negatively correlated with support for the left. In a post-industrial democr... view more

Education is one of the most important determinants of political preferences and voting behavior. However, the direction of this impact is not universal. In a less developed, post-communist polity like Romania, education is negatively correlated with support for the left. In a post-industrial democracy like France, increased education translates into more support for the moderate left (i.e., the "post-materialist" left, Socialists and Ecologists). We explain these differences as the joint effect of recent historical experiences and the current level of economic, social and political development of the two polities.... view less

Keywords
election campaign; policy on the elderly; Romania; France; voting behavior; historical development; social change; economic development (on national level); political development; education; political left

Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture

Document language
English

Publication Year
2014

Page/Pages
p. 29-46

Journal
Studia Politica: Romanian Political Science Review, 14 (2014) 1

ISSN
1582-4551

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works


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