Journal article

Publication year: 2017

Journal: Items: Insights from the Social Sciences

URL: https://items.ssrc.org/the-loss-of-democratic-visions-and-the-unequal-future/

Publisher: Social Science Research Council

Abstract: 

In this Democracy Paper, Regina Kreide traces the different ways in which social inequality can, and is, undermining democratic politics. Kreide breaks down inequality into three dimensions—growing economic cleavages, deepening political segregation, and cultural invisibility. These trends combine to diminish many citizens’ faith in the future and open the door to populist appeals. The author argues that reversing democratic decline and ultimately inequality itself will take more thoroughgoing collective action beyond piecemeal reforms.

Harvard Citation style: Kreide, R. (2017) The Loss of (Democratic) Visions and the Unequal Future, Items: Insights from the Social Sciences. https://items.ssrc.org/the-loss-of-democratic-visions-and-the-unequal-future/

APA Citation style: Kreide, R. (2017). The Loss of (Democratic) Visions and the Unequal Future. Items: Insights from the Social Sciences. https://items.ssrc.org/the-loss-of-democratic-visions-and-the-unequal-future/