Date: 2021
Type: Working Paper
Political cleavages and social inequalities in Algeria, Iraq, and Turkey, 1990-2019
Working Paper, EUI LAW, World Inequality Lab, 2021/12
URAZ, Juliet-Nil, ASSOUAD, Lydia, GETHIN, Amory, PIKETTY, Thomas, Political cleavages and social inequalities in Algeria, Iraq, and Turkey, 1990-2019, EUI LAW, World Inequality Lab, 2021/12 - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/70755
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This paper draws on political attitudes surveys to document the evolution of political cleavages in light of inequality dynamics in Algeria (2002-2018), Iraq (2005-2018), and Turkey (1991-2018). We investigate how social divides and ethno-religious conflicts shape voting behaviors in these three countries through their interaction with the voting system and the structure of inequalities. Our findings suggest that identity-based voting remains highly interconnected with social disparities and does not offer extensive explanatory power on its own, except in the extreme case of the Iraqi sectarian political system. Socioeconomic factors play a differentiated role depending on the historical and institutional context and have increasingly been at the heart of popular mobilizations outside of the electoral arena.
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Published online: 26 March 2021
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/70755
Series/Number: EUI LAW; World Inequality Lab; 2021/12
Publisher: World Inequality Lab
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