* The effects of structural vs. personality factors on ideologies of distributive justice in the Czech Republic in 2006
Jiří Šafr, Ivo Bayer
2007/2
The article compares the level of dependence of four justice ideologies on the structural position of an individual
and his/her personal traits. First, the theoretical concept of distributive justice is introduced within the framework of Grid-
Group Theory. Second, Czech public opinion of justice is analysed with data from the ISJP 2006 survey. Egalitarianism is the
most structurally embedded ideology that is infl uenced by all socio-demographic attributes. Nevertheless, psychological
factors aff ect the other ideologies to some extent. Ascriptivism is more characteristic of extroversion, agreeableness, and
conscientiousness; individualism of openness to experience; fatalism of closeness to experience. Against structural eff ects,
the psychological dimension does not yield considerable improvement in the explanation of justice ideologies.
The article compares the level of dependence of four justice ideologies on the structural position of an individual and his/her personal traits. First, the theoretical concept of distributive justice is introduced within the framework of Grid- Group Theory. Second, Czech public opinion of justice is analysed with data from the ISJP 2006 survey. Egalitarianism is the most structurally embedded ideology that is infl uenced by all socio-demographic attributes. Nevertheless, psychological factors aff ect the other ideologies to some extent. Ascriptivism is more characteristic of extroversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness; individualism of openness to experience; fatalism of closeness to experience. Against structural eff ects, the psychological dimension does not yield considerable improvement in the explanation of justice ideologies.
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