Cross-National Comparison in Political Ignorance and Competence among Voters and Political Culture
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26285036
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Partial Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Politics
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| Research Institution | Kwansei Gakuin University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
三浦 麻子 関西学院大学, 文学部, 教授 (30273569)
善教 将大 関西学院大学, 法学部, 助教 (50625085)
小林 哲郎 国立情報学研究所, 情報社会相関研究系, 准教授 (60455194)
尾野 嘉邦 東北大学, 法学(政治学)研究科(研究院), 教授 (70598664)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
INAMASU Kazunori 関西学院大学, 社会学部, 准教授 (10582041)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥16,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥12,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,750,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥6,110,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,410,000)
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| Keywords | DK回答 / 社会的望ましさ / ジェンダー / 政治的無知 / 政治的能力 / 政治文化 / 国際比較 / 政治的判断力 / 市民的能力'(civic competence) |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Based on the survey experiments conducted in Japan and the U.S., we observe several cultural differences in the forming of DK ("Don't Know") responses to political questions. The following are our observations. (1) In Japan, when there is a middle point in the choice for responses, the rate of DK response tends to be lower, but not in the U.S. (2) When the Japanese see the distribution of public opinion, we observe that the rate of DK responses is lower, but this is not true for the U.S. (3) We observe social desirability biases concerning gender and immigrants issues in the U.S., but not in Japan.
These findings suggest the necessity of examining cultural differences in the forming of political opinions, especially when we focus on social desirability biases. Whether social desirability biases influence some issues depends on the cultural context.
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