Are Increasing Inequalities Threatening Democracy in Europe?
Has rising inequality in Europe led to the public’s declining support for democracy and its increasing attraction to nationalist-populist leaders?
- Staffan Lindberg
Staffan I. Lindberg is a professor of political science and the director for the V-Dem Institute at the University of Gothenburg.
Has rising inequality in Europe led to the public’s declining support for democracy and its increasing attraction to nationalist-populist leaders?
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