Svenja Hense
Biographic Data
| ID | 4377990 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Svenja Hense |
| GIVEN NAMES | Svenja |
| FAMILY NAME | Hense |
| SIGNATURE | HENSE S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute for Sociology Goethe‐University Frankfurt Germany |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3695-2591 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 109 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Explaining the ‘democratic malaise’ in unequal societies
Previous scholarship suggests that rising inequality in democracies suppresses trust in institutions. However, the mechanism behind this has not clearly been identified. This paper investigates the proposition that income inequality leads to increased democratic distrust by depressing perceptions of external efficacy. Based on time‐series cross‐sectional survey data from the European Social Survey, we find that changes in income inequality have a…
Unequal Democracies
While economic inequality has risen in every affluent democracy in North America and Western Europe, the last three decades have also been characterized by falling or stagnating levels of state-led economic redistribution. Why have democratically accountable governments not done more to distribute top-income shares to citizens with low- and middle-income? Unequal Democracies offers answers to this question, bringing together contributions that fo…
Not just money
A growing body of research has documented political inequality along class lines at different stages of the representation process. This article contributes to our understanding of unequal responsiveness and its causes with an in-depth study of Germany that investigates the link between preferences and policymakers’ decisions. Using an original dataset covering 746 survey questions on specific reform proposals from 1980 to 2013, we provide the fi…
Dem Deutschen Volke“? Die ungleiche Responsivität des Bundestags
Wenn in einer Demokratie die Politik systematisch den politischen Präferenzen bestimmter sozialer Gruppen folgt, wohingegen die anderer missachtet werden, wird der Grundsatz politischer Gleichheit beschädigt. Die neue Responsivitätsforschung untersucht, ob politische Entscheidungen mit dem Willen der Bürger_innen übereinstimmen und wenn ja, wessen Meinungen umgesetzt werden. Dabei zeigt sich in den USA eine deutlich selektive Responsivität der Po…
Not just money
A growing body of research has documented political inequality along class lines at different stages of the representation process. This article contributes to our understanding of unequal responsiveness and its causes with an in-depth study of Germany that investigates the link between preferences and policymakers’ decisions. Using an original dataset covering 746 survey questions on specific reform proposals from 1980 to 2013, we provide the fi…
Dem Deutschen Volke“? Die ungleiche Responsivität des Bundestags
Wenn in einer Demokratie die Politik systematisch den politischen Präferenzen bestimmter sozialer Gruppen folgt, wohingegen die anderer missachtet werden, wird der Grundsatz politischer Gleichheit beschädigt. Die neue Responsivitätsforschung untersucht, ob politische Entscheidungen mit dem Willen der Bürger_innen übereinstimmen und wenn ja, wessen Meinungen umgesetzt werden. Dabei zeigt sich in den USA eine deutlich selektive Responsivität der Po…
Explaining the ‘democratic malaise’ in unequal societies
Previous scholarship suggests that rising inequality in democracies suppresses trust in institutions. However, the mechanism behind this has not clearly been identified. This paper investigates the proposition that income inequality leads to increased democratic distrust by depressing perceptions of external efficacy. Based on time‐series cross‐sectional survey data from the European Social Survey, we find that changes in income inequality have a…
Dem Deutschen Volke“? Die ungleiche Responsivität des Bundestags
Wenn in einer Demokratie die Politik systematisch den politischen Präferenzen bestimmter sozialer Gruppen folgt, wohingegen die anderer missachtet werden, wird der Grundsatz politischer Gleichheit beschädigt. Die neue Responsivitätsforschung untersucht, ob politische Entscheidungen mit dem Willen der Bürger_innen übereinstimmen und wenn ja, wessen Meinungen umgesetzt werden. Dabei zeigt sich in den USA eine deutlich selektive Responsivität der Po…
Not just money
A growing body of research has documented political inequality along class lines at different stages of the representation process. This article contributes to our understanding of unequal responsiveness and its causes with an in-depth study of Germany that investigates the link between preferences and policymakers’ decisions. Using an original dataset covering 746 survey questions on specific reform proposals from 1980 to 2013, we provide the fi…
Unequal Democracies
While economic inequality has risen in every affluent democracy in North America and Western Europe, the last three decades have also been characterized by falling or stagnating levels of state-led economic redistribution. Why have democratically accountable governments not done more to distribute top-income shares to citizens with low- and middle-income? Unequal Democracies offers answers to this question, bringing together contributions that fo…
Explaining the ‘democratic malaise’ in unequal societies
Previous scholarship suggests that rising inequality in democracies suppresses trust in institutions. However, the mechanism behind this has not clearly been identified. This paper investigates the proposition that income inequality leads to increased democratic distrust by depressing perceptions of external efficacy. Based on time‐series cross‐sectional survey data from the European Social Survey, we find that changes in income inequality have a…
Political science (4 works) · Democracy (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (3 works) · Inequality (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (3 works) · Economic inequality (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political economy (2 works)