Rosset, Jan, Giger, Nathalie and Bernauer, Julian (2013) The views of rich Europeans are more likely to be reflected by political parties than those of poorer citizens. LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) Blog (12 Sep 2013). Website.
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Abstract
How does income inequality affect political representation? Jan Rosset, Nathalie Giger and Julian Bernauer examine whether politicians represent the views of poorer and richer citizens equally. They find that in 43 out of the 49 elections included in their analysis, the preferences of low-income citizens are located further away from the policy positions of the closest political party than those with mid-range incomes. This suggests that income inequality may spill-over into political inequalities, although it is less clear whether this effect is likely to get better or worse as a result of the Eurozone crisis.
| Item Type: | Online resource (Website) |
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| Official URL: | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2013 The Author(s) |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Apr 2017 13:55 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Sep 2024 18:44 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/72409 |
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