TY  - JOUR
AB  - Scholars differ as to whether populist beliefs are a discourse or an ideology resembling conservatism or liberalism. Research has shown that a belief in popular sovereignty and a distrust of public officials are core components of populism. Its antithesis is defined as Burke’s claim that officials should exercise their own judgment rather than pander to the public. A national probability sample of U. S. adults is asked to respond to six items that form a populist scale, rank themselves on a conservative-liberal scale, and state their views on education issues. The two scales are only moderately correlated, and each is independently correlated with many opinions about contemporary issues. Populism has a degree of coherence that approximates but does not match that of the conservative-liberal dimension.
AU  - Peterson, M. Danish Shakeel
Paul E.
DA  - April 2021
DO  - 10.26300/16wx-yp72
PY  - 2021
ST  - The Populist-Burkean Dimension in U.S. Public Opinion
T2  - EdWorkingPapers.com
TI  - The Populist-Burkean Dimension in U.S. Public Opinion
UR  - https://www.edworkingpapers.com/ai21-390
ID  - 363
ER  -