M Lopez, JK Dubrow - American Behavioral Scientist, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Democracy's normative foundation is political equality. Yet the dominance of the elite over the masses, and the systematic exclusion of particular social and economic groups from the …
A Kantola, H Kuusela - Sociology, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
This article examines the moral boundary work of wealthy Finnish entrepreneurs belonging to the country's top 0.1 per cent of earners. Through 28 semi-structured interviews, we show …
In the face of increased uncertainty and a slow economic recovery, it is crucial to protect populations from the effects of systemic crises beyond the narrow goal of poverty reduction …
DS Corrêa, JA Cheibub - Latin American Politics and Society, 2016 - cambridge.org
Scholars concur that conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs have a strong proincumbent effect among beneficiaries. Although no study has properly focused on the overall effect of …
H Kuusela, A Kantola - The British journal of sociology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The last few decades have been marked by discourses that challenge many basic presumptions supporting liberal democracy. Populist parties in particular have raised …
Previous studies have posited that elites are willing to advance the redistribution of income and social goods when the negative effects of inequality, such as crime and conflict, threaten …
In contexts of institutional crisis, conflicts arise in which different pressure groups try to maximize their influence, seeking to adjust a political reality in line with their own interest …
A Kantola, J Vesa - European Journal of Communication, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
As the wealthiest groups have emerged as increasingly significant in societies, this article explores society's wealth elites from the vantage point of media and communication studies …
Although the cohesion of business elites has been associated with income concentration and regressive policies, few studies have investigated in depth the role of business elite …