Redistribution, inequality and political participation: Evidence from Mexico during the 2008 financial crisis

Abstract

This study has been prepared within the UNU-WIDER project on 'The politics of group-based inequality-measurement, implications, and possibilities for change', part of a larger research project on 'Disadvantaged groups and social mobility'.

Revisiting the links between economic inequality and political violence: The role of social mobilization

“…5 Less research has been conducted on how social, economic, and political conditions-such as persistent economic inequalities-may affect how citizens participate in social movements, or on the ways in which civic collective action can produce either peaceful or violent socio-political change. Recent studies on social movements have analysed how economic disparities caused by the 2007-08 global financial crisis have affected voting and protest behaviour (Aghajanian et al 2022;Justino and Martorano 2016;Rudig and Karyotis 2013). However, this body of research has not been able to convincingly identify the causal mechanisms that may explain the links between inequality and individual participation in protests.…”