La hegemonía de los partidos políticosel partidismo como factor clave que explica la autoubicación en la escala izquierda-derecha: evidencia desde España

  1. Edurne Bartolomé Peral 1
  2. Rafael Leonisio Calvo 2
  1. 1 Universidad de Deusto
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    Universidad de Deusto

    Bilbao, España

    ROR https://ror.org/00ne6sr39

  2. 2 Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
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    Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02msb5n36

Journal:
REIS: Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas

ISSN: 0210-5233

Year of publication: 2022

Issue: 179

Pages: 21-38

Type: Article

DOI: 10.5477/CIS/REIS.179.21 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

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Abstract

Location on the left-right scale is one of the most widespread ways citizens use to express their political positions in western democracies. There is a large body of literature explaining the factors on which position on the scale is based, mainly, social structure, values and partisanship. This article focuses on citizens’ positions on the left-right scale in Spain using the 2008 and 2017 waves of the European Values Study (EVS) to present a comprehensive explanatory model, including, to our knowledge, the widest spectrum for the value dimension examined to date. We conclude that partisanship is the most important factor in explaining self-positioning on the scale.

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