GOALS AND EXPECTATIONS AS ELEMENTS OF ATTITUDES TOWARD POLITICAL PARTIES Cover Image

ЦИЉЕВИ И ОЧЕКИВАЊА КАО ЧИНИОЦИ СТАВОВА ПРЕМА ПОЛИТИЧКИМ СТРАНКАМА
GOALS AND EXPECTATIONS AS ELEMENTS OF ATTITUDES TOWARD POLITICAL PARTIES

Author(s): Bora Kuzmanović, Nebojša Petrović
Subject(s): Government/Political systems, Evaluation research, Sociology of Politics
Published by: Српско социолошко друштво
Keywords: goals; values; expectancies; attitudes; political parties;

Summary/Abstract: The main goal of presented research has been testing of the expectancy–value theory (which originally connects level or strength of motivation of an individual to stand for particular goal, at one side, and product of belief that desired goal is reachable and value or valence of that goal, at the other side), or more exactly, to see is it possible and in which degree, to apply this theory to attitudes toward political parties in Serbia. To accomplish this, 255 subjects has estimated importance of 18 social and 19 personal goals, then they estimated expectancies of main political parties to fullfil those goals, and finally subjects has been questioned about their attitudes (global evaluations) toward the parties. Results confirm assumption that products of expectancies from the parties and acceptances of appropriate goals (both social and personal) are in positive correlation with attitudes towar those parties.

  • Issue Year: 44/2010
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 453-470
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Serbian