Economic Inequality and Democratic Support

Krieckhaus, Jonathan; Son, Byunghwan; Bellinger, Nisha; Wells, Jason M.

doi:10.1017/s0022381613001229

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“…For example, Kla snja, Tucker, and Deegan-Krause (2016) have recently shown that to correctly estimate the effect of corruption on voting behavior, it is important to consider sociotropic as well as pocketbook corruption voting separately. Also, research on democratic support finds that people are sociotropic with respect to inequality, meaning that all classes show significantly lower support for democracy if inequality is high (Krieckhaus, Son, Bellinger, & Wells, 2014). 2.…”

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Self-interest versus sociotropic considerations: an information-based perspective to understanding individuals’ trade preferences

Schaffer

Spilker

2019

Review of International Political Economy

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Economic self-interest has been central to explaining individual trade preferences. Depending on the theoretical trade model different variables influence individuals' attitude towards globalization and existing research has come to different conclusions as to whether individuals' preferences are dependent on skill level, income or the sector of employment. Other studies depart from economic self-interest by arguing that it is not self-interest that motivates individuals to form their preference, but country-level economic factors (sociotropic considerations) instead. We argue that one needs to approach trade preference formation from an informationbased perspective and we test experimentally how people react if they are aware that they personally or nationally will gain or lose from trade and which of the two aspects are more important. By using survey experiments embedded in a representative national survey in the U.S. we are able to differentiate whether a person was triggered by ego-or sociotropic benefits/costs of free trade.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Self-interest versus sociotropic considerations: an information-based perspective to understanding individuals’ trade preferences

Schaffer

Spilker

2019

Review of International Political Economy

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“…In fact, Magalhães (2014) and Linde (2012) argue that if a political regime is characterised by low quality of governance, this is not only likely to reduce specific support for political actors and their policies, but also to lead to a decline in diffuse support for the regime principles (Magalhães, 2014). Several recent empirical studies have found support for this argument, as weak economic performance of national economic systems and high levels of inequality have been found to result in lower levels of support for democracy as a political regime (Andersen, 2012;Krieckhaus et al, 2013), and lower satisfaction with democracy performance (Armingeon & Guthmann, 2014). (Brennan & Lomasky, 1993;Brennan & Hamlin, 2000).…”

Section: Conceptualising Political Supportmentioning

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Institutional Trust and Democracy Satisfaction in Croatia

Henjak

2017

HKJU-CCPA

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U radu se istražuju determinante koje određuju vjeru u institucije i zadovoljstvo demokracijom u Hrvatskoj. Polazi se od pretpostavke da učinkovito upravljanje podrazumijeva učinkovite mehanizme odgvornosti putem kojih se političke aktere i institucije, kao i demokraciju u praksi, ocjenjuje na temelju rezultata koje isporučuju građanima. Ipak, u duboko je podijeljenim društvima veća vjerojatnost da će građani političke institucije i djelovanje političkog poretka ocijeniti ovisno o tome koliko oni uspješno odražavaju preferencije i identitet građana, a ne na temelju rezultata njihova upravljanja. U takvim duboko podijeljenim društvima koja politiku doživljavaju kao igru u kojoj jedna strana mora dobiti a druga izgubiti, vjerojatno je da će ocjene političkih institucija i demokratskog djelovanja ovisiti o poistovjećivanju građana s pojedinim političkim strankama i u kojoj mjeri one predstavljaju njihov politički identitet. Na ocjene demokratskog poretka te vjere u institucije u duboko podijeljenome hrvatskom društvu vjerojatnije će utjecati poistovjećivanje s političkim strankama nego rezultati upravljanja. U radu se provjerava utemeljenost navedenih pretpostavki na osnovi podataka o izborima 2011., 2015. i 2016. godine. Primjenom višestruke regresijske analize nastoji se utvrditi utjecaj političke pristranosti u usporedbi s brojnim drugim čimbenicima kojima se mjere politički stavovi, politička učinkovitost, ocjena ekonomske situacije, povjerenje u društvo, znanje o politici i društveno-ekonomski položaj. Rezultati analize upućuju na to da je utjecaj političke pristranosti, kao i varijabli koje su s njime povezane, snažan i statistički značajan i kada je riječ o povjerenju u političke institucije poput Sabora i Vlade i kada je riječ o povjerenju u institucije koje nisu političke, primjerice pravosudni sustav i javnu upravu. Rezultati su slični pri ocjenjivanju demokracije te se utvrđuje da utjecaj političke pristranosti ima dosljednije statističko značenje od utjecaja drugih varijabli. Također se utvrđuje da je utjecaj političke pristranosti najjači kod ocjenjivanja demokracije, potom kod povjerenja u Vladu i Sabor te konačno kod povjerenja u javnu upravu i pravosuđe.

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“…High inequality is associated with greater interpersonal distrust (Uslaner & Brown, 2005;Uslaner & Rothstein, 2005) and reduced support for democracy (Krieckhaus, Son, Bellinger, & Wells, 2014). Interestingly, high inequality is also associated with the desire for an authoritarian leader who disregards party politics (Krieckhaus et al, 2014). This may be because citizens believe that the government, and in particular partisan politics, helped create the extreme economic inequalities.…”

Section: Perceived Inequality and Political Disillusionmentmentioning

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“…Instead, this research finds that inequality and SES have separate, but not interactive, effects on political attitudes. And, although higher inequality is associated with reduced support for democracy amongst all social classes, this effect is weaker among the poor (vs. rich), suggesting that poor individuals continue to believe democracy is a viable political mechanism for future redistribution as inequality increases (Krieckhaus et al, 2014). Additionally, at odds with the predictions of the conflict theory model, other cross-national data suggest that higher inequality may even increase preferences for redistribution among higher SES individuals, while lower SES individuals prefer redistribution regardless of the level of inequality (Finseraas, 2008).…”

Section: The Interaction Between Economic Inequality and Socioeconomimentioning

confidence: 99%

Political Action in the Age of High‐Economic Inequality: A Multilevel Approach

Brown-Iannuzzi

Lundberg

McKee

2017

Social Issues Policy Review

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Economic inequality in the United States has reached historic levels—the highest since the Great Depression. Though people may argue over whether inequality is morally wrong or practically undesirable, the consensus seems to be clear: economic inequality is one of the greatest challenges facing the U.S. today. Yet, concern for economic inequality has not seemed to translate into solution‐oriented political participation. While acknowledging the complex and multifaceted nature of this issue, the current article explores one particular factor that may help to illuminate the relationship between economic inequality and political behavior, namely socioeconomic status (SES). We propose that both the context of economic inequality and one's position within the socioeconomic hierarchy shape political attitudes and behavior. That is, economic inequality influences political action, but the strength and direction of this influence may depend on the individual's SES. Throughout this article, we highlight the importance of understanding both the objective situation of inequality and an individual's SES, as well as that individual's subjective perceptions of inequality and personal SES. We also underscore the importance of applying a multidisciplinary approach, and in particular a social psychological perspective, to the current research.

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Economic Inequality and Democratic Support

Cited by 84 publications

References 37 publications

Self-interest versus sociotropic considerations: an information-based perspective to understanding individuals’ trade preferences

Self-interest versus sociotropic considerations: an information-based perspective to understanding individuals’ trade preferences

Institutional Trust and Democracy Satisfaction in Croatia

Political Action in the Age of High‐Economic Inequality: A Multilevel Approach

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