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operational versus symbolic ideology: a standalone construct

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Political science

the gap between people's ideological self-identification and their actual policy preferences, such as calling oneself conservative while favoring liberal policies.

In political science, operational versus symbolic ideology refers to the gap between people's ideological self-identification and their actual policy preferences, such as calling oneself conservative while favoring liberal policies. This meaning comes from Ellis (2012) in Ideology in America.[1]

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ideological self-identification1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct ideology6 fields · 10 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs policy2 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs

References

Ellis, C., & Stimson, J. A. (2012). Ideology in America. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139094009

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