Perceived social mobility and populist attitudes

Objectives: This study aims to investigate the impact of perceived downward mobility on populist attitudes. Intergenerational downward mobility breaks the promise that new generations should meet the living standards of their parents, a crucial component of the order and political legitimacy of the...

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Autores: Liñeira Sánchez, Robert|||0000-0003-4823-946X, Rico, Guillem|||0000-0001-6359-8909
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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Palavra-chave:Perceived downward mobility
Populism
Populist attitudes
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spelling Perceived social mobility and populist attitudesLiñeira Sánchez, Robert|||0000-0003-4823-946XRico, Guillem|||0000-0001-6359-8909Perceived downward mobilityPopulismPopulist attitudesObjectives: This study aims to investigate the impact of perceived downward mobility on populist attitudes. Intergenerational downward mobility breaks the promise that new generations should meet the living standards of their parents, a crucial component of the order and political legitimacy of the postwar decades in high-income democracies. We argue that this frustrated expectation fuels populism. Methods: We use data from a cross-national survey conducted in eight European countries in the aftermath of the Great Recession. The survey includes a valid and reliable measure of populist attitudes and a measure of perceived social mobility. Results: Results show a direct effect of perceived downward mobility on populist attitudes. The relationship is robust to different controls and consistent across the eight countries. We also find that socioeconomic factors moderate this relationship due to diverse expectations of social mobility and the different appeal that the populist discourse generates among various social groups. Conclusions: These findings refine the literature on the socioeconomics of populism by nuancing the established connection between low educational attainment, socioeconomic factors and populist attitudes. The article also contributes to the literature on the consequences of downward mobility. 22025-01-0120252025-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/310760https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1111/ssqu.70019reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:3107602026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Perceived social mobility and populist attitudes
title Perceived social mobility and populist attitudes
spellingShingle Perceived social mobility and populist attitudes
Liñeira Sánchez, Robert|||0000-0003-4823-946X
Perceived downward mobility
Populism
Populist attitudes
title_short Perceived social mobility and populist attitudes
title_full Perceived social mobility and populist attitudes
title_fullStr Perceived social mobility and populist attitudes
title_full_unstemmed Perceived social mobility and populist attitudes
title_sort Perceived social mobility and populist attitudes
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Liñeira Sánchez, Robert|||0000-0003-4823-946X
Rico, Guillem|||0000-0001-6359-8909
author Liñeira Sánchez, Robert|||0000-0003-4823-946X
author_facet Liñeira Sánchez, Robert|||0000-0003-4823-946X
Rico, Guillem|||0000-0001-6359-8909
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Perceived downward mobility
Populism
Populist attitudes
topic Perceived downward mobility
Populism
Populist attitudes
description Objectives: This study aims to investigate the impact of perceived downward mobility on populist attitudes. Intergenerational downward mobility breaks the promise that new generations should meet the living standards of their parents, a crucial component of the order and political legitimacy of the postwar decades in high-income democracies. We argue that this frustrated expectation fuels populism. Methods: We use data from a cross-national survey conducted in eight European countries in the aftermath of the Great Recession. The survey includes a valid and reliable measure of populist attitudes and a measure of perceived social mobility. Results: Results show a direct effect of perceived downward mobility on populist attitudes. The relationship is robust to different controls and consistent across the eight countries. We also find that socioeconomic factors moderate this relationship due to diverse expectations of social mobility and the different appeal that the populist discourse generates among various social groups. Conclusions: These findings refine the literature on the socioeconomics of populism by nuancing the established connection between low educational attainment, socioeconomic factors and populist attitudes. The article also contributes to the literature on the consequences of downward mobility.
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