Participating Unequally? Assessing the Macro-Micro Relationship between Income Inequality and Political Engagement in Europe

<span class="abs_content">A great deal of attention has been paid to the consequences of economic inequality on political participation, yet only few empirical studies address the macro-micro relationship between income in-equality and individual engagement. Furthermore, empirical in...

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Autor principal:	Andrea Filetti
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Publicado:	Coordinamento SIBA 2016
Materias:	conflict democracy european social survey inequality participation Political science (General) JA1-92
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:1466c4ef25564faab236425c88bf77a62021-11-21T15:11:38ZParticipating Unequally? Assessing the Macro-Micro Relationship between Income Inequality and Political Engagement in Europe1972-76232035-660910.1285/i20356609v9i1p72https://doaj.org/article/1466c4ef25564faab236425c88bf77a62016-04-01T00:00:00Zhttp://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/paco/article/view/15893https://doaj.org/toc/1972-7623https://doaj.org/toc/2035-6609<span class="abs_content">A great deal of attention has been paid to the consequences of economic inequality on political participation, yet only few empirical studies address the macro-micro relationship between income in-equality and individual engagement. Furthermore, empirical indications diverge and give rise to competing theoretical arguments to be tested. This article seeks to fill this gap and to do so by using the latest round of the European Social Survey (ESS). The contribution is twofold: on the one hand, it establishes a direct link between measures of economic and political inequality - albeit of a particular type. On the other, it provides an up-to-date picture on participatory trends in Europe. In more details, income inequality is found to depress overall political participation and, most importantly, to increase the participatory gap between rich and poor for all unconventional forms of engagement.</span><br />Andrea FilettiCoordinamento SIBAarticleconflictdemocracyeuropean social surveyinequalityparticipationPolitical science (General)JA1-92ENPartecipazione e Conflitto, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 72-100 (2016)
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description	<span class="abs_content">A great deal of attention has been paid to the consequences of economic inequality on political participation, yet only few empirical studies address the macro-micro relationship between income in-equality and individual engagement. Furthermore, empirical indications diverge and give rise to competing theoretical arguments to be tested. This article seeks to fill this gap and to do so by using the latest round of the European Social Survey (ESS). The contribution is twofold: on the one hand, it establishes a direct link between measures of economic and political inequality - albeit of a particular type. On the other, it provides an up-to-date picture on participatory trends in Europe. In more details, income inequality is found to depress overall political participation and, most importantly, to increase the participatory gap between rich and poor for all unconventional forms of engagement.</span><br />
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title	Participating Unequally? Assessing the Macro-Micro Relationship between Income Inequality and Political Engagement in Europe
title_short	Participating Unequally? Assessing the Macro-Micro Relationship between Income Inequality and Political Engagement in Europe
title_full	Participating Unequally? Assessing the Macro-Micro Relationship between Income Inequality and Political Engagement in Europe
title_fullStr	Participating Unequally? Assessing the Macro-Micro Relationship between Income Inequality and Political Engagement in Europe
title_full_unstemmed	Participating Unequally? Assessing the Macro-Micro Relationship between Income Inequality and Political Engagement in Europe
title_sort	participating unequally? assessing the macro-micro relationship between income inequality and political engagement in europe
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Participating Unequally? Assessing the Macro-Micro Relationship between Income Inequality and Political Engagement in Europe

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