RISK, INCOME INEQUALITY AND THREATS FOR THE LEGITIMACY OF A SOCIO-ECONOMIC SYSTEM

• Authors: Jędrzej Stasiowski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Author presents arguments, based on the theoretical concepts and other empirical works, for the hypothesis that growing income inequality increases the risk of weakening the legitimacy of a political and economic system: growing income inequalities can lead to real conflicts or cause weakening of democratic institutions by undermining their legitimacy, what can be seen in the decline of a support for the government institutions. Given thesis is illustrated by the results of the analysis of the Polish survey data: people who perceive and negatively evaluate income inequality, present at the same time less favorable opinions on the political and economic system, which authorizes existing inequalities.

Keywords

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income inequality perception; political legitimacy; risk

• Publisher: Institute of Labor and Social Studies, Warsaw
• Journal: Polityka Społeczna
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 41
• Issue: 1(10) ENG POLAND IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY
• Pages: 23-26

Contributors

author

Jędrzej Stasiowski

• Instytut Socjologii UW