Political Attitudes in Venezuela : : Societal Cleavages and Political Opinion / / Enrique A. Baloyra, John D. Martz.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Baloyra, Enrique A.,; Martz, John D.,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©1979
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Texas Pan American Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)

Here is a benchmark study of voter attitudes in a Latin American country. This volume is based on extensive survey research conducted during the Venezuelan elections of 1973. The methods employed by Baloyra and Martz to poll an "unpollable" society successfully challenge previously established paradigms. The authors interviewed a representative sample of over 1,500 voters to determine relationships between class, status, community, context, religion, ideology, and partisanship on the one hand and political attitudes and preferences on the other. They found that the Venezuelan electorate is defined by a series of contradictory tendencies, and they place their conclusions in the context of contemporary political science literature regarding class and party, ideology and party, and inequality and participation.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- 1 Political Attitudes in Venezuela: Problems and Prospects -- 2 The Social Context of Political Opinion -- 3 The Social Context of Political Experience -- 4 Cultural Diversity and Political Cleavages, I: The Community Context -- 5 Cultural Diversity and Political Cleavages, II: The Ideological Connection -- 6 Partisanship in Venezuelan Politics -- 7 Summary and Conclusions -- Appendix A. The Research Design -- Appendix B. The Questionnaire -- Appendix C. Estimation of Social Class Status -- Appendix D. Note on the Use of Regression Analysis -- Appendix E. Note on Inference Making from Multiple-Range (one-way analysis of variance) Tests -- Appendix F. Scales and Indices -- Appendix G. Note on the Use of Multidimensional Scaling -- Notes -- Subject Index -- Author Index