Beliefs About Inequality Around the Globe

Insights from the International Social Survey Programme
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-07451-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 152 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 498 g

This edited volume presents the latest findings from the 5th International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) Social Inequality module, a widely recognized dataset comprising responses from over 30 countries. It explores global perspectives on social inequality, including topics such as public views on taxation, government redistribution, personal experiences of inequality, and related themes. The chapters provide valuable insights into how attitudes toward inequality have evolved since they were first studied comparatively in the late 1980s. The chapters in this book demonstrate how international scholars are using these data to shed new light on beliefs about inequality and inspire further research into societal attitudes worldwide. The chapters in this book were originally published in the International Journal of Sociology.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hadler, Markus

Roberts, Benjamin

Struwig, Jarè

Edlund, Jonas

Lindh, Arvid

Neumayr, Albin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. It’s the Moral Economy, Stupid! Anger Toward Economic Inequality and Populist Voting 2. Are the Subjective Social Status Inequalities Persistent? 3. Changes in Attitudes Toward Inequality and Social Justice in Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia: Historical Legacies, Social Pasts and Recent Developments  4. A Few People Make All the Difference – An International Comparison of “Fair” Pay Differentials 5. A Multidimensional Approach for Measuring Meritocratic Beliefs: Advantages, Limitations and Alternatives to the ISSP Social Inequality Survey

Über Autor(innen)

The editors, members of the International Social Survey Programme, represent Austria, Sweden, and South Africa. Markus Hadler is Professor of Sociology at the University of Graz, Austria. Benjamin J. Roberts is Research Director at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and Visiting Fellow of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) at Rhodes University, South Africa. Jarè Struwig is Chief Research Specialist at the HSRC, South Africa. Jonas Edlund is Professor of Sociology at Umeå University, Sweden. Arvid Lindh is Associate Professor of Sociology at Stockholm University, Sweden, and Albin Neumayr is a researcher at the University of Graz, Austria.