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Europe-Asia Studies | 2013

Social Inequality and Assessments of Democracy and the Market: Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe

Stephen Whitefield; Matthew Loveless

Abstract Considerable comparative scholarly attention has been paid to various aspects of mass support for democracy and the market. However, despite strong theoretical suggestions of a linkage, little is known about the impact of social inequality on this support. We address this issue using evidence from mass surveys undertaken in 12 post-communist states in 2007, supplemented by country-level data about economic and political performance. Specifically, we investigate whether social inequality generates negative perceptions that democracy and the market will lead to social conflict and if it increases support for anti-democratic forms of governance. Notably, we find little link between citizens’ expectations of social conflict and national-level indices of income inequality. However, we do find a link between perceptions of the extent of social inequality and expectations of market-generated—but not democracy-generated—conflict. Underscoring these positive and negative findings, perceptions of social inequality are also clearly consequential for support for ‘strong-hand’ economic government but not for anti-democratic leadership.


Journal of European Public Policy | 2017

Another chance? Concerns about inequality, support for the European Union and further European integration

Kathryn Simpson; Matthew Loveless

ABSTRACT Following the 2007–2008 financial crisis, it was expected that the economic downturn and the widening of economic disparities would produce lower support for the European Union (EU) and its continued integration. Using the 2009 European Election Study (EES) data in 27 EU member states, we find that citizens who see greater economic instability and insecurity, regardless of their current economic status, lower their support for the EU as it is but increase their support for continuing integration. Substantively, this suggests that EU citizens may offer the EU another chance to tackle this timely issue and counterbalance market-generated inequality.


Europe-Asia Studies | 2016

Inequality and Support for Political Engagement in New Democracies

Matthew Loveless

Abstract Existing studies of income inequality and political participation—including related literature, for example, on preferences for redistribution—leave us with the question of whether citizens see political democracy as offering ways to challenge market inequalities. Using original surveys in 13 Central and Eastern European countries, I find that those who see high and undesirable levels of income inequality have stronger demands for popular democratic participation than those who do not. In addition, neither the aggregate levels of support for political engagement nor individuals’ perceptions of inequality are coordinated with either national-level indicators of income inequality or democratic performance.


Social Justice Research | 2013

The Deterioration of Democratic Political Culture: Consequences of the Perception of Inequality

Matthew Loveless


World Development | 2015

What is social inequality and why does it matter? Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe

Chiara Binelli; Matthew Loveless; Stephen Whitefield


Economics of Transition | 2016

The Urban–Rural Divide

Chiara Binelli; Matthew Loveless


Archive | 2012

What is Social Inequality and Why Does it Matter

Chiara Binelli; Matthew Loveless; Stephen Whitefield


Government and Opposition | 2018

Economic Expectations and Satisfaction with Democracy: Evidence from Italy

Matthew Loveless; Chiara Binelli


Interactions: Studies in Communication & Culture | 2017

Societies in flux : media, democratisation, and political socialization

Nael Jebril; Jamie Matthews; Matthew Loveless


Interactions: Studies in Communication & Culture | 2017

Media audiences and media consumption during political transitions: The case of Egypt

Nael Jebril; Matthew Loveless

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Chiara Binelli

University of Southampton

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Vaclav Stetka

Charles University in Prague

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