Unequal Democracies Workshop June 28, 2021
Location: University of Geneva (Room 2150, Uni Mail) and via visio
For the first two panels, there will be not presentations by authors: the discussants will kick off with a quick summary and critique (max 12 minutes). For the last panel, authors will have 15 minutes to present their paper and discussants will have 5 minutes to comment.
10:15-12:00 Survey Panel #1
Davy-Kim Lascombes, “Unfair is not enough: Influence of inequality evaluations on preferences for redistribution.”
Discussant: Anna-Lena Nadler.
Elisa Volpi and Nathalie Giger, "A Distorting Mirror: Partisan preferences and misperceptions of economic inequality.”
Discussant: Max Joosten (Zoom).
Nadja Mosimann (Zoom) and Line Rennwald, “Trade union membership, ideology and inequality perceptions.”
Discussant: Ari Ray.
13:30-15:15 Survey Panel #2
Jan Rosset and Jonas Pontusson, “Inequality, preferences for redistribution, and redistributive outcomes from 2008 to 2019.”
Discussant: Matias López.
Elisa Volpi, Nathalie Giger and Davy-Kim Lascombes, "Who owns economic inequality? How left parties compete over the issue and how it matters for their electoral support."
Discussant: Mariana Alvaredo.
Jan Rosset, “Perceptions of (unequal) responsiveness and their consequences for electoral participation.”
Discussant: Jérémie Poltier.
15:30-17:30 Unequal Responsiveness
Manuel Wagner (Zoom), “Unequal representation and direct democracy: The case of Switzerland.”
Discussant: Line Rennwald.
Noam Lupu (Zoom) and Alejandro Tirado Castro (Zoom), “Unequal policy responsiveness in Spain.”
Discussant: Maxime Walder.
Jonas Pontusson (and co-authors), “Unequal Responsiveness and Government Partisanship in Northwest Europe.”
Discussant: Jan Szulkin (Zoom).