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Appendix B - List of Variables

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2012

Herbert Kitschelt ,
Kirk A. Hawkins ,
Juan Pablo Luna ,
Guillermo Rosas  and
Elizabeth J. Zechmeister
Herbert Kitschelt
Affiliation:
Duke University
Kirk A. Hawkins
Affiliation:
Brigham Young University
Juan Pablo Luna
Affiliation:
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Guillermo Rosas
Affiliation:
Washington University in St. Louis
Elizabeth J. Zechmeister
Affiliation:
Vanderbilt University, Tennessee
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Summary

Economic governance/privatization

  1. v49 Privatize industry

  2. v50 Privatize services

Social protection/social policy

  1. v64 Price controls bad

  2. v65 Do not sponsor job creation

  3. v69 Do not provide housing

  4. v70 Do not provide social security

  5. v71 Do not provide unemployment insurance

  6. v72 Basic subsidies bad

  7. v150 More guns, less butter

Financial openness/closure

  1. v54 Let IMF in

  2. v57 US investment good

  3. v59 European investment good

  4. v61 Latin American investment good

Law and order

  1. v34 Delinquency/robbery are threats

  2. v35 Labor unrest threatens democracy

  3. v87 Violence an important problem

  4. v168 Corruption always existed

Traditional values/cultural libertarianism

  1. v210 I go to church

  2. v235 No abortion

  3. v236 No divorce

  4. v240 I'm very religious

Postmodern sensibilities

  1. v90 Human/minority rights are important

  2. v92 Environmental issues are important

Authoritarian propensities

  1. v11 Democracy is never the best system

  2. v15 Elections are never the best way

  3. v26 Parties not needed for democracy

  4. v32 Justice doesn't work

Other variables

  1. v234Left-right self-placement is a continuous variable in the range 1 (left) to 10 (right).

  2. v132bParties are a series of dummy variables specific to each country.

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Latin American Party Systems , pp. 353 - 354
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2010

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