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Losers of globalization, losers in representation? The impact of education on unequal policy representation in Europe
Journal Title
The Greek Review of Social Research
Year (definitive publication)
2023
Language
English
Country
Greece
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Abstract
The article focuses on the impact of education on policy representation. It examines
degrees of congruence between political elites and citizens on policy preferences
across different policy issues, trying to discern whether there is a representation
gap between the so-called “winners” and “losers” of globalization in
Europe as captured via the proxy measure of educational attainment. Additionally,
we examine whether this representation gap, as well as overall levels of congruence,
are affected by contextual factors related to the economy and the ideological
orientation of governments. Using data from the 2014 European Election Studies
and the 2014 Chapel Hill Expert Survey, our findings largely confirm the existence
of a representation gap along educational lines. Contextual factors related to the
economy present weak or no direct and moderating effects whereas ideologically
left-leaning governments accentuate, for the most part, the representation gap between
individuals of low and high educational attainment.
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Keywords
Representation,Inequality,Education,Europe,Globalization
Fields of Science and Technology Classification
- Other Social Sciences - Social Sciences