Kulturne karakteristike posameznih evropskih držav in odziv na krizo Covida-19 : kolektivizem, odnos do svobode, politično zaupanje in prepričanja o zarotah

Štebe, Janez (author)

V eksplorativni študiji primerjave Slovenije z drugimi evropskimi državami v obdobju širjenja pandemije covida-19 raziskujemo, kako se podpora in sledenje omejitvenim ukrepom za blaženje poteka epidemije ujemata s kulturnimi karakteristikami držav vzdolž kolektivizma oz. individualizma, togosti v odnosu do svobode, razširjenosti zaupanja v državo ter prepričanj o zarotah. Analiza podatkov iz različnih obstoječih virov na ravni držav, združenih na enem mestu, je pokazala pretežno kolektivistično umeščenost držav z nizkim sledenjem in podporo ukrepom, kar je drugače, kot so prikazovale številne študije na globalni ravni. V istem kolektivističnem okolju se je pokazala tendenca nizkega političnega zaupanja, neodobravanja omejevanja svobode in razširjenosti prepričanj o zarotah, kar razlagamo kot prisotnost posebnega tipa kolektivizma v opazovanih državah Evrope.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: kolektivizem, togost, svoboda, Covid-19, upoštevanje ukrepov, cepljenje, kulturne razlike
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 30.11.2024
• Year: 2024
• Number of pages: Str. 129-158
• Numbering: 40, št. 105-106
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-166193
• UDC: 316.722:[616.98-036.21:578.834](4)
• ISSN on article: 0352-3608
• DOI: 10.51936/dr.40.105-106.129-158
• COBISS.SI-ID: 218158595
• Publication date in RUL: 24.12.2024

ŠTEBE, Janez, 2024, Kulturne karakteristike posameznih evropskih držav in odziv na krizo Covida-19 : kolektivizem, odnos do svobode, politično zaupanje in prepričanja o zarotah. Družboslovne razprave [online]. 2024. Vol. 40, no. 105–106, p. 129–158. [Accessed 14 March 2025]. DOI 10.51936/dr.40.105-106.129-158. Retrieved from: https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/IzpisGradiva.php?lang=eng&id=166193

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Družboslovne razprave
• Shortened title: Družbosl. razpr.
• Publisher: Slovensko sociološko društvo, Fakulteta za družbene vede
• ISSN: 0352-3608
• COBISS.SI-ID: 7530242

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: The cultural character of European countries and reactions to the COVID-19 crisis

Abstract

In the study, we present findings on Slovenia compared to other European countries. We explore how support for and compliance with preventive measures is related to the national cultural characteristics of Collectivism vs. Individualism, tightness and attitudes regarding freedom, aggregate measures of trust in government, and how common conspiracy beliefs are. The analysis of various data from different existing sources, merged on the country level, shows that countries which are low on following and supporting the preventive measures are grouped among those prevailingly collectivist in character. This contrasts with what has been shown in many studies on the global level. We show that the same collectivistic character also nurtures lower levels of political trust and lower levels of support for the limitations on freedom, together with stronger conspiracy theory beliefs, which is consistent with the explanation that a specific type of collectivism exists in certain regions of Europe.

• Keywords: collectivism, tightness, vaccination, freedom, following preventive COIVD-19 measures, cultural differences