The Importance of Material Status for Electoral Chances and Perception of Politician: Delegitimization of Wealth as Post-transition Specificity?

• Authors: IWONA ŚWIĄTEK , MAGDALENA ŻEMOJTEL-PIOTROWSKA , JAROSŁAW PIOTROWSKI
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In presented research the impact of a politician’s economic status on his/her assessment and electoral chances was tested. In study 1 (N= 90) a politician with a high status was as-sessed as less moral and more competent than a low-status politician. In study 2 (N = 120) participants from Ireland and Poland were compared. Irish participants assessed a low--status politician as more moral and competent than the high-status one, whereas Polish participants assessed a high-status politician as more competent than the low-status one. Polish subjects generally assessed politicians’ morality lower than the Irish. The results sug-gest higher legitimization of wealth among Polish participants than the Irish, contrary to predictions. These results are discussed in reference to the system justification theory (Jost, Banaji, & Nosek, 2004) and legitimating myths (Jost, & Kay, 2003)

Keywords

EN

legitimating myths, delegitimization of wealth, cross-cultural research

• Publisher: Fundacja Pro Scientia Publica
• Journal: Journal of Education Culture and Society
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 361-374

Dates

published

2020-01-10

Contributors

author

IWONA ŚWIĄTEK

• Warsaw Univesity of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poland

author

MAGDALENA ŻEMOJTEL-PIOTROWSKA

• University of Gdansk, Poland

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JAROSŁAW PIOTROWSKI

• University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poznan Faculty, Poland

Identifiers

DOI

10.15503/jecs20132.361.374