Beliefs About Inequality Around the Globe

Results from the ISSP Social Inequality Survey
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-07451-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 142 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm

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.

Neumayr, Albin

Hadler, Markus

Lindh, Arvid

Roberts, Benjamin

Struwig, Jarè

Struwig, Jare

Edlund, Jonas

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, and Albin Neumayr is a researcher at the same university. Benjamin Roberts is Research Director and Jarè Struwig is Chief Research Specialist at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), South Africa. Jonas Edlund is Professor of Sociology at Umeå University, and Arvid Lindh is Associate Professor of Sociology at Stockholm University, Sweden.