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.
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.
Introduction
1. Its 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
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. Benjamin J. Roberts is Research Director at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and Visiting Fellow of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) at Rhodes University, South Africa. Jarè Struwig is Chief Research Specialist at the HSRC, South Africa. Jonas Edlund is Professor of Sociology at Umeå University, Sweden. Arvid Lindh is Associate Professor of Sociology at Stockholm University, Sweden, and Albin Neumayr is a researcher at the University of Graz, Austria.
