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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EDUCATION AND SOCIOPOLITICAL IDEOLOGY WAS EXAMINED USING A SAMPLE OF SWEDISH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. TWO BASIC ASPECTS OF EDUCATION WERE FOCUSED ON: FIELD OF STUDY AND EDUCATIONAL DIRECTION (ACADEMIC/VOCATIONAL), WITH CONTROLS FOR LENGTH OF EDUCATION, SEX, AND SOCIAL BACKGROUND. THE RESULTS DISCLOSED THAT (1) THE ASSOCIATIONS WITH FIELD OF STUDY WERE HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT FOR ALL SOCIOPOLITICAL ATTITUDE FACTORS, TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS BEING THE MOST CONSERVATIVE AND HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE STUDENTS THE LEAST CONSERVATIVE, AND (2) THE ASSOCIATIONS WITH EDUCATIONAL DIRECTION. (ACADEMIC/VOCATIONAL) WERE WEAKER BUT SIGNIFICANT FOR SOME ATTITUDE FACTORS. FURTHERMORE, (3) DISCRIMINANT ANALYSES REVEALED TWO HIGHER-ORDER DIMENSIONS (SOCIAL AND POLITICAL-ECONOMIC CONSERVATISM) DIFFERENTIATING THE EDUCATIONAL GROUPS, AND (4) TENTATIVE CAUSAL ANALYSES INDICATED THAT THE DIRECTION OF CAUSALITY HAS NO UNEQUIVOCAL ANSWER BUT DEPENDS ON WHICH ASPECTS OF EDUCATION AND IDEOLOGY ARE DISCUSSED.

A comparison of the political sophistication of US & Swedish young adults, using data from an attitude questionnaire administered to students at the Us of Wisconsin & Texas (total N = 492) & at 5 gymnasia in metropolitan Stockholm, Sweden (total N = 783). Four basic ideological subdimensions were investigated: political-economic conservatism, racism, religion, & punitiveness, along with political party preference & political self-concept. The Swedes showed significantly greater levels of ideological coherence, political interest, ideological variance, & strength of interface between political party preference/self-concept & sociopolitical attitudes/values than did their US counterparts. Differences are discussed in terms of differences between the nations' political party environments; the effects of gender are also noted. 8 Tables, 65 References. Modified HA

Judgments of political concepts in countries with different levels of democracy & advanced states of market economy are compared with those derived from survey data from 50 Hungarian, 50 Slovenian, 48 Slovakian, 41 Murcian (Spanish), 22 Galician (Spanish), & 40 Swedish students. Political concepts -- eg, democracy, inflation, & European market integration -- were evaluated with 8 7-point bipolar adjectival scales, presented under 6 different orientations. Cross-cultural differences in judgments were factor analyzed for Murcia vs Galicia, & for Spain vs other countries. The Murcian students evaluated the political & economic situation of Spain much more pessimistically than the Galicians did, & students of both regions projected these opinions of Spain onto the other countries. Spanish vs other European students differed on many evaluations. 7 Tables, 5 Figures, 4 References. Adapted from the source document.