Matthew Loveless
University of Kent
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Europe-Asia Studies | 2013
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
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
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
Matthew Loveless
World Development | 2015
Chiara Binelli; Matthew Loveless; Stephen Whitefield
Economics of Transition | 2016
Chiara Binelli; Matthew Loveless
Archive | 2012
Chiara Binelli; Matthew Loveless; Stephen Whitefield
Government and Opposition | 2018
Matthew Loveless; Chiara Binelli
Interactions: Studies in Communication & Culture | 2017
Nael Jebril; Jamie Matthews; Matthew Loveless
Interactions: Studies in Communication & Culture | 2017
Nael Jebril; Matthew Loveless