High and rising levels of economic inequality come at a tremendous cost to societies, yet the
public is often hesitant to confront these inequalities. Prior research has attempted to explain …

Democracy's normative foundation is political equality. Yet the dominance of the elite over
the masses, and the systematic exclusion of particular social and economic groups from the …

The literature frequently recommends purposive sampling of elites based on the
assumptions that random sampling negatively affects the response rate and that it induces …

Unequal representation can result from politicians' biased perception of public opinion.
Existing research has focused on the numerical accuracy with which politicians estimate …

Economic inequality constitutes a defining challenge of our time and it remains puzzling why
rising levels of inequality have not led to more redistribution. In this article a novel individual …

The article explores the attitudes and perceptions of those at the top of the income scale
toward economic inequalities. Through a qualitative case study, it presents how a group of …

In contexts of institutional crisis, conflicts arise in which different pressure groups try to
maximize their influence, seeking to adjust a political reality in line with their own interest …

Inheritance represents a conflict between the individual and society. On one hand, the
intergenerational transmission of resources favors the reproduction of privilege. On the other …

This article investigates how the type of elite to which a person belongs and their
intergenerational contextual experiences are associated with attitudes towards inequality …

There has been an upsurge in research on the politics of economic inequality in the 21st
century. Discussions of popular responses to rising inequality have expanded in turn yet …