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Can unequal distributions of wealth influence vote choice? A comparative study of Germany, Sweden and the United States.
Abstract
It is widely accepted that income influences voting behavior. Does wealth? Is the effect similar across countries? Studies of wealth and voting behavior have not existed until recently, in part because of the absence of data on wealth holdings. The findings in this chapter indicate that wealth is related to voting behavior in some countries but not in others. The chapter models the effects of wealth on one form of voting behavior, vote choice, in three archetypal countries – the United States, Germany, and Sweden, each representing a distinct political and social welfare regime. If vote choice is predicated on wealth holdings above and beyond the effect of income, the growth in wealth inequality experienced since the 1970s serves to further polarize electoral outcomes. As other chapters in this volume point out, this polarization impedes decision making and implementation at both governmental and policy levels.
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Lindsay Flynn Prof
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- Category:
- Monographic publication
- Type:
- rozdział, artykuł w książce - dziele zbiorowym /podręczniku w języku o zasięgu międzynarodowym
- Language:
- English
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Bibliographic description:
- Paradowski P., Flynn L.: Can unequal distributions of wealth influence vote choice? A comparative study of Germany, Sweden and the United States.// Public Policy, Governance and Polarization: Making Governance Work/ : , 2019, s.60-84
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- Gdańsk University of Technology
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