Journal of Global Awareness
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Examining data from the World Value Survey about left-right political orientation, the paper explores political extremism among common people worldwide. Our analysis reveals (i) a positive correlation between left-wing and right-wing extremism across countries, (ii) an average rise in political extremism globally in the last decade, (iii) greater political extremism in less developed countries, (iv) and a surge, during the last decade, in political extremism for less developed countries and for countries where development has not met expectations. Besides offering a picture of how successful political extremism is globally, our investigation provides insight into the driving forces behind this phenomenon.
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Rigoli, Francesco
(2023)
"Political Extremism in a Global Perspective,"
Journal of Global Awareness: Vol. 4:
No.
1, Article 3.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24073/jga/4/01/03
Available at:
https://scholar.stjohns.edu/jga/vol4/iss1/3