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Social networks and the education cleavage

Zollinger, Delia; Attewell, David (2023). Social networks and the education cleavage. URPP Equality of Opportunity Discussion Paper Series 24, University of Zurich.

Abstract

Education is widely recognized as structuring emerging political divides between the new left and the far right (Stubager 2009; Häusermann and Kriesi 2015; Abou-Chadi and Hix 2021; Marks et al. 2022). However, there is ongoing uncertainty about the mechanism through which the education cleavage operates, particularly in the absence of mobilizing organizations. We fielded a survey in Germany in October 2022 (to be followed by Switzerland and the UK) to explore the hypothesis that patterns of social segregation by education create social networks which foster common identities, political attitudes, and voting behavior (consolidating key aspects of an emerging cleavage). We offer descriptive evidence that individuals tend to be embedded in educationally-distinct social networks. In turn, our preliminary findings show that network composition in terms of both level and field are associated with social identities, political attitudes, and vote choice, above and beyond individual educational characteristics.

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Item Type:Working Paper
Communities & Collections:03 Faculty of Economics > Department of Economics
06 Faculty of Arts > Institute of Political Science
Working Paper Series > URPP Equality of Opportunity Discussion Paper Series
08 Research Priority Programs > Equality of Opportunity
Dewey Decimal Classification:330 Economics
Scope:Discipline-based scholarship (basic research)
Language:English
Date:May 2023
Deposited On:09 Jan 2024 07:11
Last Modified:06 Mar 2024 14:40
Series Name:URPP Equality of Opportunity Discussion Paper Series
Number of Pages:26
OA Status:Green
Official URL:https://www.urpp-equality.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:429c1e8c-292a-40c3-b30d-4bf6961be21d/24_Zollinger%20and%20Attewell%20URPP%20Working%20Paper.pdf
Related URLs:https://www.urpp-equality.uzh.ch/en/Discussion-Paper-Series.html
Other Identification Number:merlin-id:24238
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