Mots-clés
self-placement scales
ideology
Puerto Rico
elites
Résumé
Les recherches à propos de l’utilisation des étiquettes idéologiques se sont concentrées sur ce que cela signifie pour un public de masse et sur la façon dont les élites leur transmettent ces informations. L’accent a été mis moins sur la question de savoir comment les élites utilisent les étiquettes idéologiques. En outre, on sait peu de choses sur l’utilisation des étiquettes idéologiques par les élites portoricaines. En utilisant une base de données des législateurs portoricains, j’étudie les facteurs qui influencent leur volonté de se qualifier de libéraux ou conservateurs et de gauche ou de droite. Ces étiquettes ne sont pas communes au discours politique de l’île, mais elles sont assez courantes dans le langage politique des États-Unis (au moins les étiquettes libérales / conservatrices). Trois hypothèses sont proposées pour expliquer l’identification à ces étiquettes: exposition à la culture politique des États-Unis, attachement affectif aux États-Unis et expérience législative. Je teste ces hypothèses en utilisant des équations logit. Les résultats montrent que, en particulier pour les étiquettes libérales conservatrices, l’exposition directe et indirecte aux États-Unis, l’attachement affectif à ce pays et l’expérience législative sont d’importants prédicteurs de l’identification avec ces étiquettes. Les résultats présentent des implications importantes pour l’étude de l’évolution des étiquettes idéologiques sur les élites et l’impact des institutions politiques sur leurs membres.
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