Social movements' impact on inequality beliefs, preferences for redistribution and political participation

Bruno Martorano (), Laura Metzger, Patricia Justino and Francesco Iacoella

No wp-2025-83, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: We study whether exposure to social movements campaigning against income and gender income inequality shifts individual beliefs about inequality, reshapes preferences for redistribution, and translates into political participation in the UK. Since the Great Recession of the 2010s, the UK has seen significant growth in social movements, particularly those mobilizing against inequality. We focus on income and gender income inequality, two persistent and politically contested forms of inequality in advanced democracies like the UK. Responses to social movements can diverge sharply between them.

Keywords: Social movement; Income inequality; Gender inequality; Redistribution; Political participation; Survey; United Kingdom (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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