Social Mobility, Middle Class, and Political Transitions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6284115 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bahar Leventoğlu (0000-0001-5687-8451, Duke University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 825-864 |
| Publication date | 2014-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022002713478563 |
| OpenAlex | W2130225949 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 27 |
| References cited | 57 |
This article addresses the highly variable middle-class attitudes regarding political transitions and suggests that social mobility is a key factor conditioning its behavior. Social mobility creates a trade-off for the middle class between autocracy, which yields lower redistribution today, and democracy, which guarantees higher redistribution tomorrow. The way this trade-off is resolved impacts middle-class attitudes toward democratic transitions. Even when the middle class prefers lower redistribution levels under autocracy today, the middle class may prefer democracy today to guarantee higher levels of redistribution in the future, if it feels vulnerable about its future prospects
Autocracy · Democracy · Demographic economics · Development economics · Economic system · Economics · Middle class · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Redistribution (election · Social class · Social mobility · Social stratification · Law · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Capital and Networks · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Psychology
Social mobility and pro-government mobilization
The Anxious and the Climbers
Reform or revolution? Theory and evidence on the role of the middle class in the rise of universal male suffrage
Middle Class and Its Attitude Toward Government in Different Political Systems
Intergenerational mobility and preference for redistribution
Migrants and voting behaviour
The Emerging Middle Classes in India
Social origins of support for democracy
Middle class, civic activism, and local politics
Change or continuity? Intergenerational social mobility and post-communist transition
The effect of international sanctions on the size of the middle class in Iran
Why did Putin invade Ukraine? A theory of degenerate autocracy
Intergenerational objective and subjective mobility and attitudes towards income differences
Social mobility and political stability
Mobilization, Repression, and Revolution
The Developing World’s “New Middle Classes
Living by the Sword and Dying by the Sword? Leadership Transitions in and out of Dictatorships
Poverty reduction and democratization – new cross-country evidence
Social Mobility and Democratic Attitudes
Stronger Challengers can Cause More (or Less) Conflict and Institutional Reform
The Evolution of the Middle Class During Nearly Two Decades of Democracy in South Africa
Why Class Formation Occurs in Humans but Not among Other Primates
Kicking away the ladder? Poverty reduction and public support for redistribution in emerging economies
Size, Correlates and Consumption Patterns of the Middle Class
Still Great
The long shadow
Political democracy, economic liberalization, and macro-sociological models of intergenerational mobility
The politics of conformity in Latin America
Capitalist development and democracy
Democracy in America
Paths toward Democracy
Demanding Democracy
The Macroeconomics of Populism in Latin America
Why Did the West Extend the Franchise? Democracy, Inequality, and Growth in Historical Perspective
A Theory of Political Transitions
Social Mobility and Redistributive Politics
Social Mobility and the Demand for Redistribution
A dynamic theory of the transition to democracy
Who wants to redistribute?
Preferences for redistribution in the land of opportunities
Capitalist Development and Democracy
The State of Democracy in Latin America
Politics in Developing Countries
The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes
On the Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy
State and Society in Contemporary Korea
The changing tolerance for income inequality in the course of economic development
Oligarchy, democracy, inequality and growth
Intergenerational Mobility in Britain
Democratic Transition and Breakdown in Western Europe, 1870-1939
Cross-National Variation in Occupational Distributions, Relative Mobility Chances, and Intergenerational Shifts in Occupational Distributions
Politics in Chile
Democracy and Economic Crisis
Does High Income Promote Democracy
Poverty, the Coup Trap, and the Seizure of Executive Power
Democratization and the Middle Class in China
Social Mobility and Political Transitions
China's Changing of the Guard
The Determinants of Democratic Transitions
Democratization, Civil Society, and Illiberal Middle Class Culture in Pacific Asia
What Do We Know About Democratization After Twenty Years
Democratic Transitions
Modernization
The Changing Tolerance for Income Inequality in the Course of Economic Development
Homer Gets a Tax Cut
Sibling Correlations and Intergenerational Mobility in Latin America
The Impact of Economic Development on Democracy
History, Historiography, and Political Science
Economic Crisis and Political Regime Change
Modern Chile, 1970-1989
Inequality and Social Mobility in Brazil
Politics in Argentina, 1890-1930
Politics in Mexico
Middle classes, democratization, and class formation
| Unique citing works | 27 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,25 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 27 |