A New Social Conflict on Globalisation-Related Issues in Germany? A Longitudinal Perspective.

ABSTRACT: We draw on cleavage theory to assess the emergence of a social conflict concerning globalisation-related issues among the German population between 1989 and 2019. We argue that issue salience and opinion polarisation are key conditions for a successful and sustainable political mobilisation of citizens and thus for the emergence of a social conflict. In line with globalisation cleavage theory, we hypothesised that issue salience as well as overall and between-group opinion polarisation on globalisation-related issues have increased over time. Our study considers four globalisation-related issues: immigration, the European Union (EU), economic liberalism, and the environment. While the salience of the EU and economic liberalism issues remained low during the observed period, we found a rece

SUBMITTER: Teney C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10166044 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature