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Materialism versus Post-Materialism, Political Participation and Attitudes towards Democracy: An Empirical Examination of Toqueville's Idea
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Abstract Tocqueville suggested that materialism may result in a lower level of political participation and lower support for democracy. In this study, using the joint dataset of the World Values Survey (WVS) and the European Values Study (EVS) 2017-2020, we examine the influence of materialism/post-materiali... view more
Tocqueville suggested that materialism may result in a lower level of political participation and lower support for democracy. In this study, using the joint dataset of the World Values Survey (WVS) and the European Values Study (EVS) 2017-2020, we examine the influence of materialism/post-materialism on people’s support for democracy. From a hierarchical linear model, our results indicate that materialism against post-materialism is associated with a lower level of support for democracy, which supports Tocqueville’s theory. Furthermore, using causal mediation analysis, we find that political participation mediates 9.92% of the effect of materialism/post-materialism on support for democracy. Our results show that materialism/post-materialism is an important determinant to people’s support for democracy. Political participation is an important mechanism for the association between materialism/post-materialism and support for democracy.... view less
Keywords
EVS; democracy; materialism; political participation; post-materialism; political theory
Classification
Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Political Science
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Free Keywords
Joint EVS/WVS 2017-2022 (ZA7505)
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 332-355
Journal
Journal of Social Political Sciences, 3 (2022) 4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.52166/jsps.v3i4.129
ISSN
2715-7539
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed