Political Beliefs and Political Subjectivity of Grey Voters: The Case of Poland

• Authors: Agnieszka Turska-Kawa

Abstracts

EN

The study’s main aim is to look for relationships between political beliefs and political subjectivity of grey voters (over 65). Political beliefs contain a motivational element, mainly due to being embedded in the values and needs of the respective individuals. This can affect the consciously created place of the citizen within the political system in different directions. The orientation of the study on the grey voters may be cognitively engaging due to the several sources related to historical events that took place in Poland. Political beliefs were conceptualized through dimensions on a left-right scale, where xenophobia and religious fundamentalism were diagnosed in the area of cultural beliefs. In contrast, acceptance of capitalism and anti-welfare were diagnosed in the area of economic beliefs. Political subjectivity was diagnosed using an original tool, whose preliminary analysis made it possible to distinguish three factors of the construct: political initiative, political sense, and identification with the political system.

Keywords

EN

political subjectivity; older voters; political beliefs; economic beliefs; cultural; beliefs; grey voters

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Polish Political Science Yearbook
• Year: 2023
• Issue: 4(52)
• Pages: 91-112

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Agnieszka Turska-Kawa

• University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland)

• https://orcid.org/0000000227487037

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/ppsy202393

Biblioteka Nauki

31343159