Fierce but short-lived: how does economic crisis affect political participation?

Kern, Anna, Marien, Sofie and Hooghe, Marc (2015) Fierce but short-lived: how does economic crisis affect political participation? Democratic Audit Blog (05 Mar 2015). Website.

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The Great Recession that hit Europe in 2008 led to the loss of millions of jobs and soaring levels of unemployment. In a recent study, Anna Kern, Sofie Marien and Marc Hooghe investigate whether the recent crisis depresses or boosts levels of political participation in Europe. They find that economic growth is positively associated with elite challenging forms of political participation such as protests or boycotts when investigating a longer period (2002-2010) but that crises such as between 2008 and 2010 rising unemployment came along with rising levels of such acts of political participation.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://www.democraticaudit.com/
Additional Information:	© 2015 Democratic Audit UK
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Date Deposited:	29 Jun 2015 15:54
Last Modified:	13 Sep 2024 23:49
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/62540

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