Does class matter in protests? Social class, attitudes towards inequality, and political trust in European demonstrations in a time of economic crisis
(2012) 2012 SISP Conference- Abstract
- In this paper, survey data from 60 demonstrations in 8 European countries is analyzed, to explore whether social class matters in political protest. Do different types of demonstrations mobilize different groups of employees/workers? And do social class matter for demonstrators’ attitudes about social inequality, welfare privatization and political trust—or do national context and/or the issue of the demonstration primarily shape these attitudes? This paper describes and analyzes the class composition of a wide range of demonstrations. Furthermore, the paper explores different conceptualizations of social class in the analysis, in order to evaluate their different merits and applicability when analyzing political protests.
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- author
- Hylmö, Anders LU and Wennerhag, Magnus LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2012
- type
- Contribution to conference
- publication status
- unpublished
- subject
- keywords
- social class, class identity, political attitudes, street protest, demonstrations
- pages
- 47 pages
- conference name
- 2012 SISP Conference
- conference location
- Rome, Italy
- conference dates
- 2012-09-13 - 2012-09-15
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- f26be4b3-e0fb-4362-a75b-0110a1ef2b13 (old id 5276306)
- alternative location
- http://www.protestsurvey.eu/index.php?page=publications&id=22
- date added to LUP
- 2016-04-04 13:05:58
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- 2018-11-21 21:12:11
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