Filetti, A;
Janmaat, JG;
(2018)
Income Inequality and Economic Downturn in Europe: A Multi-Level Analysis of their Consequences for Political Participation.
Acta Politica
, 53
(3)
pp. 327-347.
10.1057/s41269-017-0053-1.
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Abstract
The ongoing rise of inequality and the outbreak of the economic crisis since 2008 have fueled the debate about the effects of macro-economic processes on democracy in general, and on political participation in particular. Whereas the effect of economic disparity is well documented in the literature, the implications of the economic downturn have not been sufficiently evaluated so far. The article addresses this gap by offering a comprehensive overview of the impact of these macro-economic factors on individual political participation in Europe. Using data from the first six rounds of the European Social Survey, it shows that income inequality reduces participation and enlarges the participatory gap between better- and worse-off. In contrast, economic contraction has no effect on the overall level of participation and makes the poor participate more and the rich less.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Income Inequality and Economic Downturn in Europe: A Multi-Level Analysis of their Consequences for Political Participation |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1057/s41269-017-0053-1 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1057/s41269-017-0053-1 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Participation, Economic crisis, Inequality, ESS, Democracy, Political equality |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Education, Practice and Society |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1563426 |
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