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- Title
תאוריות הייחוס בהקשר פוליטי-כלכלי: למי הציבור הישראלי מייחס את יוקר המחיה ויוקר הדיור בישראל?
- Authors
זאב שטודינר; גלית קל; פרי קנט
- Abstract
The current move towards a fairer socio-economic society can mostly be measured by the cost of living and the cost of housing. Over the last five years in Israel there has been a serious rise in both these indices. At the same time and for many reasons there has been a reduction in family income in Israel. This is what led to the trends to the massive public protests in Israel during the summer of 2011. The current article deals with the ways in which the Israeli public decide who is responsible for these socio-economic woes. It also deals with the biases that the Israeli public have related to this matter. From a survey conducted among 1,538 Israelis on and immediately after the 2015 national elections, we have statistically significant evidence that the subjects determine blame based upon their support (or non-support) of the ruling government. When the respondents did not identify politically with the ruling party they attributed the blame for socio-economic problems: rising cost of living and rising cost of housing, to the prime minister and to a lesser extent to the ruling party. Subjects that identified politically with the ruling party did not attribute socio-economic problems to the prime minister or on the ruling party. They placed any blame on external causes. The results of the survey are consistent with the 'fundamental attribution error' concept which suggests and shows the effect of psychological biases on opinions that should, in our opinion, be based upon objective considerations. This research confirms that there is a strong impact of biases on people when voting. We suggest that politicians and voting researchers take this matter into consideration.
- Subjects
ECONOMIC voting; SOCIOECONOMICS; PUBLIC demonstrations; HOUSING; VOTING; SOCIETIES
- Publication
Social Issues in Israel, 2016, Issue 22, p31
- ISSN
2308-247X
- Publication type
Article