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| Type | Working Paper |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Title | Narratives of backlash? Perceptions of changing status hierarchies in open-ended survey responses |
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| Institution | University of Zurich |
| Series Name | URPP Equality of Opportunity Discussion Paper Series |
| Number | 15 |
| Number of Pages | 36 |
| Date | 2023 |
| Abstract Text | It is widely accepted in political science – and remarkably established in public discourse – that status anxieties fuel a far right backlash against progressive politics. This narrative suggests that right-wing conservatives perceive the status of women, racial, or sexual minorities as threatening. Using open-ended survey questions fielded in Germany, we show that women and minorities do figure in people’s perceptions of status hierarchies, but in very specific ways: First, overall, people still perceive status as largely socioeconomically determined. Second, sociocultural groups figure in perceptions of who is gaining/losing status, less so in perceptions of the top/bottom of society. Third, more than authoritarian voters, it is social progressives who perceive women and minorities as “winners”. While on race/ethnicity, we find evidence for a backlash, on gender and sexuality we find more evidence for a progressive momentum. This matters for progressive politics today and for how we empirically study status concerns. |
| Official URL | https://www.urpp-equality.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:58d66c30-7b8b-4edf-8e74-32a33e863c02/15_BreyerPalmtagZollinger_paper+appendix.pdf |
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