Voter Heuristics and Group Politics in Global Focus
In this chapter I summarize and extend the argument that many people use ethnic and regional heuristics to make inferences about their own future incomes. That, in turn, leads them to think about redistribution differently depending on their ethnic or regional group’s income. I argue that understanding politics requires understanding groups and how people relate to them. I highlight the role of institutions and political actors, and raise the possibility of a progressive’s dilemma in which highlighting ethnic or regional inequality may cause a backlash against redistribution among richer groups. I close by highlighting some paths for future research.
2020 ◽
pp. 383-399
2017 ◽
Vol 16
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pp. 155-159
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2010 ◽
Vol 16
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pp. 85-96
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Vol 16
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pp. 860-865
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