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100			_aLindqvist, Jesper _957030
245			_aAn urban myth: Government involvement in the economy and left–right politics
260			_aInternational Political Science Review
300			_a45(3), Jun, 2024: p.336-351
520			_aPeople frequently assume that attitudes towards the government’s involvement in the economy differentiate left- from right-wing politics. This paper compares this idea to a version of acceptance of inequality theory, where acceptance of inequality is the principal element of left–right competition, but the specific inequality motivating individuals’ left–right choice may differ. Using multilevel regression models with survey data from the World Values Survey, as well as two case studies, this paper finds that: (a) acceptance of inequality is a better context-independent predictor of left-right self-placements around the world; and (b) in the Netherlands and Denmark, the correlation between acceptance of an inequality (regarding class or immigration) and right-wing self-placement is stronger when the specific issue dimension is salient to citizens. However, the paper finds no equivalent interaction effect for attitudes towards economic statism. The evidence thus supports the view that the left–right dimension concerns acceptance of inequality, rather than economic interventionism.- Reproduced https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/01925121231158058
650			_aAcceptance of Inequality, Left–Right Politics, World Values Survey, Political Self-Placement, Economic Statism, Class Inequality, Immigration, Multilevel Regression, Context-Independent Predictor, Netherlands, Denmark, Issue Salience, Political Theory _957031
773			_aInternational Political Science Review
906			_aPOLITICAL THEORY
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