Does ideology transcend culture? A preliminary examination in Romania.
This article represents a preliminary attempt to develop a culturally universal structural model of ideology. In Study 1, an indigenous model of Romanian ideology was developed. The structural model was created by converting 245 dictionary definitions of Romanian ideological concepts into questionnaire items. Using a sample of 420 Romanians, the most replicable structure indicated four broad dimensions that appeared to roughly correspond to the four factors in Saucier's (2000) American model of ideology. Study 2 replicated the structural model and compared it with existing ideological measures. Authoritarianism and traditional religiosity were a key component of the largest factor. Communism and some aspects of social dominance orientation were key components of the second largest factor. The findings may represent the beginnings of a culturally universal structure model of ideology.
Krauss
Stephen
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University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. stephenkrauss@hotmail.com
D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude / Q000208:ethnology; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D011057:Politics; D012383:Romania; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires