Income inequality and voting for radical right-wing parties
Abstract
Using a multilevel analysis method, this article tests different hypotheses for how income inequality affects voter support for radical right-wing parties (RRPs) in Western Europe. Specifically, the article shows how this ‘income inequality effect’ encourages poor people to vote for RRPs, while it concurrently discourages rich people from doing so. This finding supports the social identity hypothesis, which states that social identity (a...
Paper Details
Title
Income inequality and voting for radical right-wing parties
Published Date
Jun 1, 2016
Journal
Volume
42
Pages
54 - 64
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