"Political ideology in three Latin American countries and the United St" by Carlos Alberto Elordi

Political ideology in three Latin American countries and the United States

Date of Completion

January 2005

Keywords

Political Science, General

Degree

Ph.D.

Abstract

In this dissertation I argue that citizens use ideology as an heuristic tool that allows them to compensate for their lack of information about complex political issues. In this regard, I intend to verify empirically a hierarchical model of ideology through the examination of two ideological orientations that have been used to explain the political cleavage of industrial and post-industrial societies: the left-right and the materialist-postmaterialist dimensions. The study is conducted in four countries. ^

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