Political Cleavages and Social Inequalities - A Study of Fifty Democracies, 19482020

Who votes for whom and why? Political Cleavages and Social Inequalities provides the most comprehensive empirical answer to that question. The authors analyze seventy-five years of survey data from fifty democracies, revealing the socioeconomic correlates of partisanship, inequality, nationalism, and identity politics around the world.

About the author

Amory Gethin is Research Fellow at the World Inequality Lab at the Paris School of Economics.Clara Martínez-Toledano is Assistant Professor at Imperial College London and Wealth Distribution Coordinator at the World Inequality Lab.Thomas Piketty is Professor of Economics and Economic History at L’École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) and at the Paris School of Economics and Codirector of the World Inequality Lab.

Summary

Who votes for whom and why? Political Cleavages and Social Inequalities provides the most comprehensive empirical answer to that question. The authors analyze seventy-five years of survey data from fifty democracies, revealing the socioeconomic correlates of partisanship, inequality, nationalism, and identity politics around the world.

Product details

• Authors: Amory Gethin, Amory Martinez-Toledano Gethin, Clara Martínez-toleda, Thomas Piketty
• Assisted by: Amory Gethin (Editor), Clara Martinez-Toledano (Editor), Clara Martínez-Toledano (Editor), Thomas Piketty (Editor), PIKETTY THOMAS (Editor)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.12.2021
• EAN: 9780674248427
• ISBN: 978-0-674-24842-7
• No. of pages: 656
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, Political structures: democracy, Political Economy, Comparative Politics, Political campaigning & advertising, Political campaigning and advertising, Elections & referenda, Political parties and party platforms, Elections and referenda / suffrage