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Analysis of the Unconventional Political Action Scale: Results in Spain

University of Almería

Antonio José Rojas Tejada

University of Almería

Citizens usually participate in two ways in politics: conventional and unconventional political action. The latter type covers a wide range of behaviors that do not conform to the rules defined under a specific regime. Among the most significant unconventional expressions are the signing of petitions, boycotts, legal demonstrations, illegal strikes, and the occupation of buildings. In this article, the psychometric properties of a scale to measure unconventional political action in Spain are assessed. This scale was included in the last World Values Survey (of 1995-1996). The sample used in that survey contained 6,920 persons in Spain. The data from Spain are analyzed for the country as a whole and by region. Reliability, as indicated by Cronbach's alpha, is acceptable, and construct validity (tested with a principal components analysis, a differential study, and a correlational study) supports the use of the scale to differentiate persons in unconventional political action.

Key Words: unconventional political action • Unconventional Political Action Scale • postmaterialism • reliability • validity

Field Methods, Vol. 15, No. 2, 131-142 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/1525822X03015002002


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