Uninformed or informed populists? The relationship between political knowledge, socio-economic status and populist attitudes in Poland

IF 2 2区 社会学 Q1 AREA STUDIES
Ben Stanley, M. Cześnik
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Abstract

ABSTRACT This article uses data from the 2015 Polish parliamentary election to test the relationship between political knowledge, socio-economic status and populist attitudes. Recent scholarship has challenged the idea that populism is an unsophisticated form of politics that appeals primarily to the ill-informed and those of low social status. We find that while lower levels of political knowledge are associated with higher levels of populism, it is nevertheless ‘informed populists' who are more likely to vote for populist parties, while ‘uninformed populists' are more likely to abstain. These findings challenge the stereotype of populism as ‘politics for stupid people'.
无知的还是见多识广的民粹主义者?波兰政治知识、社会经济地位与民粹主义态度之间的关系
本文使用2015年波兰议会选举的数据来检验政治知识、社会经济地位和民粹主义态度之间的关系。最近的学术研究对民粹主义是一种简单的政治形式的观点提出了挑战,这种政治形式主要吸引的是信息不灵通和社会地位低下的人。我们发现,虽然政治知识水平较低与民粹主义水平较高相关,但“知情的民粹主义者”更有可能投票给民粹主义政党,而“不知情的民粹主义者”更有可能弃权。这些发现挑战了民粹主义是“愚蠢的人的政治”的刻板印象。
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East European Politics
East European Politics POLITICAL SCIENCE-
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