Ideological Orientation and Political Transition in Hong Kong: Confidence in the Future

Autor: David Y. F. Ho, Chi-Yue Chiu, Albert W. L. Chau, Si-qing Peng
Rok vydání: 2003
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Zdroj: Political Psychology. 24:403-413
ISSN: 1467-9221
0162-895X
DOI: 10.1111/0162-895x.00333
Popis: In the two-component model of ideological orientation, a person's ideological position is jointly influenced by attitudinal and affective components. The present study adopted this conceptual model to predict confidence in the future of Hong Kong. Questionnaire responses were collected from 395 adults (56.8% men and 43.2% women) in Hong Kong in April 1995, some 2 years before its transfer from British to Chinese control. The results show that the level of confidence in Hong Kong was related to both attitudinal and affective identification with Hong Kong and China. These findings suggest that the transfer of government may have brought to the surface a collision of the divergent political cultures of Hong Kong and mainland China, resulting in two antagonistic political orientations that predicted confidence in the future of Hong Kong.
Databáze: OpenAIRE