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Do political or ethnic and historical borders affect values and beliefs more? Some evidence from Central Europe
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Abstract The paper uses data from the World Values Survey and the European Values Study on individuals in Hungary and its neighbouring countries to examine the effects of political borders on different beliefs, as opposed to that of ethnic differences or historical borders. The focus on Hungary and its neigh... view more
The paper uses data from the World Values Survey and the European Values Study on individuals in Hungary and its neighbouring countries to examine the effects of political borders on different beliefs, as opposed to that of ethnic differences or historical borders. The focus on Hungary and its neighbours is explained by the fact that parts of the Hungarian ethno-linguistic community can be found in all these countries, which makes it possible to separate the effect of culture from that of the current political community. By applying a cultural gravity model which is concerned with the differences in beliefs between all possible pairs of individuals in the sample, the paper finds that out of five areas of beliefs, it is the beliefs regarding work, markets, and democracy whose differences are robustly affected by political borders, giving some support to the approach which argues that values are shaped through the dialogue occurring within a political community.... view less
Keywords
EVS; Hungary; Central Europe; culture; ethnicity; value system; value; faith; political culture
Classification
General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Free Keywords
European Values Study Longitudinal Data File 1981-2008 (EVS 1981-2008) (ZA4804 v2.0.0)
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Page/Pages
p. 103-127
Journal
Society and Economy : Journal of the Corvinus University of Budapest, 43 (2021) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1556/204.2021.00004
ISSN
1588-970X
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed