Editorial overview: Five observations about tradition and progress in the scientific study of political ideologies

Jost, John T.; Halperin, Eran; Laurin, Kristin

doi:10.1016/j.cobeha.2020.09.001

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“…We evaluate our data through two contrasting lenses, one focused on dispositional and enduring differences between conservatives and liberals and other focused on situations, with individuals across the spectrum being particularly concerned with democracy when the political context dictates they need it to change the status quo and advance their agenda. By considering in tandem these two possibilities, and assessing which most closely matches our empirical observations, we answer calls for political psychologists to consider not only individual actors but the broader political context in which they exist (e.g., Frimer et al, 2017; Jost et al, 2020; Proch et al, 2019). We also help address ongoing debates in the field over ideological symmetry (Brandt et al, 2014; Ditto et al, 2019; Jost et al, 2017; Pliskin et al, 2020).…”

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confidence: 83%

“…We note that we only reached the conclusions we did by considering how our original effects might be specific to a particular sociopolitical context. We hope that this represents only a first step, a starting point from which we and other political psychologists can collaborate with political scientists and scholars from other disciplines to further the question of who supports democracy (see also Frimer et al, 2017; Jost et al, 2020; Proch et al, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Who would mourn democracy? Liberals might, but it depends on who’s in charge.

Benjamin¹,

Laurin²,

Chiang³

2022

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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Despite widespread support for the principles of democracy, democratic norms have been eroding globally for over a decade. We ask whether and how political ideology factors into people's reactions to democratic decline. We offer hypotheses derived from two theoretical lenses, one considering ideologically-relevant dispositions, and another considering ideologically-relevant situations. Pre-registered laboratory experiments combined with analyses of World Values Survey data indicate that there is a dispositional trend: Overall, liberals are more distressed than conservatives by low democracy. At the same time, situational factors also matter: This pattern emerges most strongly when the ruling party is conservative, and disappears (though it does not flip into its mirror image) when the ruling party is liberal. Our results contribute to ongoing debates over ideological symmetry and asymmetry; they also suggest that, if democracy is worth protecting, not everyone, everywhere will feel the urgency.

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Who would mourn democracy? Liberals might, but it depends on who’s in charge.

Benjamin¹,

Laurin²,

Chiang³

2022

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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“…Con el paso de los años, se observa que el flujo de investigación empírica en el campo de la orientación política avanza, según Jost et al (2020), en el estudio de la asimetría entre izquierda y derecha por las implicaciones en la polarización política en las sociedades, aunque plantea que esta asimetría no se puede generalizar ya que depende del contexto social. Por lo anterior, es esencial estudiar la orientación política puesto que se constituye en la base para desarrollar e implementar intervenciones prácticas para la sociedad, con el propósito de disminuir el conflicto generado por las ideologías asumidas por las personas.…”

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Deslegitimación del adversario y orientación ideológica: análisis de publicaciones de dos líderes políticos colombianos en Twitter

Borja-Orozco

2024

Acta. Colomb. Psicol.

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A través de diferentes medios de comunicación tradicional y digital, líderes y grupos que optan por el control social y político difunden sus discursos con el propósito de promover y fortalecer visiones ideológicas del mundo social en el que se exacerban las posiciones extremas de la ideología política. No obstante, la valoración política del espectro ideológico de izquierda y derecha no es generalizable, pues el énfasis positivo o negativo depende del contexto social y político. Este artículo describe las características ideológicas del discurso de dos líderes políticos reconocidos en Colombia por su orientación ideológica de izquierda (Gustavo Petro) y derecha (Álvaro Uribe), y la asociación con las estrategias de deslegitimación del otro. Para ello se realizó un estudio de tipo lingüístico descriptivo que compara en contexto los patrones lingüísticos de líderes políticos opuestos que publican en la plataforma digital Twitter (ahora X). Los resultados permiten identificar que el perfil léxico de la cuenta de Uribe se relaciona con temáticas de economía, violencia política, defensa de una ideología conservadurista, deslegitimación del oponente (Petro) y deslegitimación de grupos guerrilleros. Por su parte, el perfil de la cuenta de Petro está conformado por palabras asociadas a la ideología progresista, deslegitimación del oponente (Uribe) y deslegitimación de grupos paramilitares. Se concluye que la orientación política depende del contexto social y tiene como referente asociado un adversario político (y grupo ilegal en el caso colombiano), al que se dirige la estrategia de deslegitimación con el propósito de legitimar o desafiar el orden social establecido.

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“…On the other, it could reflect the current political moment, with partisans on either side being particularly concerned with democracy when they need it to change the status quo and advance their agenda. By considering in tandem these two possibilities, we answer calls for political psychologists to consider not only individual actors, but the broader political context in which they exist (e.g., Frimer, Skitka, & Motyl, 2017;Jost, Halperin, & Laurin, 2020;Proch, Elad-Strenger, & Kessler, 2019).…”

Section: Overview and Current Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The sociopolitical context we examined here was a single high-level variable-ideology of the governing party. We hope that this represents only a first step, a starting point from which we and other political psychologists can collaborate with political scientists and scholars from other disciplines to further the question of who supports democracy (see also Frimer et al, 2017;Jost et al, 2020;Proch et al, 2019).…”

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Who would mourn democracy? Liberals might, but it depends on who’s in charge

Benjamin¹,

Laurin²,

Chiang³

2021

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Despite widespread support for the principles of democracy, democratic norms have been eroding for over a decade, both globally and in the US in particular. We ask whether there are differences in how distressing American liberals, compared to conservatives, have found these declines. More importantly, we ask whether any such differences reflect fundamental asymmetries between political ideologies, or simply the fact that the current political context has different consequences for partisans at different ends of the spectrum. To this end, we examine ideological differences not only in America, but in other countries across the globe. Pre-registered laboratory experiments combined with analyses of World Values Survey data indicate that overall, liberals are more distressed than conservatives by low democracy. At the same time, this pattern emerges most strongly when the ruling party is conservative, and disappears (though it does not flip into its mirror image) when the ruling party is liberal. If democracy is worth protecting, our results suggest that not everyone, everywhere will feel the urgency.

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Editorial overview: Five observations about tradition and progress in the scientific study of political ideologies

Cited by 8 publications

References 21 publications

Who would mourn democracy? Liberals might, but it depends on who’s in charge.

Who would mourn democracy? Liberals might, but it depends on who’s in charge.

Deslegitimación del adversario y orientación ideológica: análisis de publicaciones de dos líderes políticos colombianos en Twitter

Who would mourn democracy? Liberals might, but it depends on who’s in charge

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