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Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas
Print version ISSN 0873-6529
Abstract
GRACA, João Carlos; CAIADO, Jorge and CORREIA, Rita Gomes. Sociopolitical values, attitudes and behaviors of Portuguese Economics students. Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas [online]. 2020, n.92, pp.111-132. ISSN 0873-6529. https://doi.org/10.7458/SPP20209213699.
Previous research on the Portuguese case confirmed free-riding, free-marketer and right-wing political inclinations among economics students. Further scrutiny was endeavored here, perceiving also a considerably increased interest for politics, notwithstanding the lack of concern for public problems. Various aspects of free-riding proclivity were distinguished and discussed, relating them with youngsters’ risk-loving and sensation-seeking tendencies, but also with a number of other facets specific to economics students, including: prevalence of achievement values, contextual influences on morals, peer pressure, perceived group status and social expectations regarding the economic profession.
Keywords : economics students; left-right perceptions; interest for politics; varieties of free-riding inclinations.