2 The Social Context of Political Opinion

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations xi
4. Preface xv
5. 1 Political Attitudes in Venezuela: Problems and Prospects 1
6. 2 The Social Context of Political Opinion 12
7. 3 The Social Context of Political Experience 46
8. 4 Cultural Diversity and Political Cleavages, I: The Community Context 79
9. 5 Cultural Diversity and Political Cleavages, II: The Ideological Connection 110
10. 6 Partisanship in Venezuelan Politics 152
11. 7 Summary and Conclusions 185
12. Appendix A. The Research Design 195
13. Appendix B. The Questionnaire 207
14. Appendix C. Estimation of Social Class Status 231
15. Appendix D. Note on the Use of Regression Analysis 234
16. Appendix E. Note on Inference Making from Multiple-Range (one-way analysis of variance) Tests 235
17. Appendix F. Scales and Indices 236
18. Appendix G. Note on the Use of Multidimensional Scaling 238
19. Notes 243
20. Subject Index 291
21. Author Index 297