BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Making People Think Of Economic Inequality \;Can Decrease R esentment \;Toward Marginalized GroupsA core strategy of the populist radical right is to cultivate resentment toward marginalized groups\, such as immigrants\, ethnic minorities and women\, by portraying them as holdi ng unearned advantages over “the people.” Can drawing attention to economi c inequality counter this? Ayşenur Değer presents pre-registered survey ex periments in the U.K. and Turkey\, one democratic and one authoritarian co ntext\, testing whether making wealth inequality salient reduces resentmen t toward marginalized groups. She finds that it heightens people's sense o f relative deprivation yet lowers resentment toward immigrants and ethnic minorities in the UK and in the pooled sample\, though not in Turkey. The findings suggest that messaging on economic inequality\, a strategy increa singly used by progressive and left-populist parties\, can shift attention away from group conflict\, while its reach depends on the political conte xt.Ayşenur Değer is a comparative political scientist working at the inter section of political behavior and persuasion. Her research examines the so cio-economic roots of populist radical right support\, and interventions t o increase support for egalitarian democracy. She is a Ph.D. candidate in political science at the Maxwell School. DTEND:20261008T174500Z DTSTAMP:20261007T013134Z DTSTART:20261008T163000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Conversations in Conflict Studies: Ayşenur Değer UID:RFCALITEM639269190945454250 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Making People Think Of Economic Inequ ality \;Can Decrease Resentment \;Toward Marginalized Groups

A core strategy of the populist radica l right is to cultivate resentment toward marginalized groups\, such as im migrants\, ethnic minorities and women\, by portraying them as holding une arned advantages over “the people.” Can drawing attention to economic ineq uality counter this?

Ayşenur Değer presents pre-registered survey e xperiments in the U.K. and Turkey\, one democratic and one authoritarian c ontext\, testing whether making wealth inequality salient reduces resentme nt toward marginalized groups. She finds that it heightens people's sense of relative deprivation yet lowers resentment toward immigrants and ethnic minorities in the UK and in the pooled sample\, though not in Turkey. The findings suggest that messaging on economic inequality\, a strategy incre asingly used by progressive and left-populist parties\, can shift attentio n away from group conflict\, while its reach depends on the political cont ext.

Ayşenur Değer is a comparative political scientist working at t he intersection of political behavior and persuasion. Her research examine s the socio-economic roots of populist radical right support\, and interve ntions to increase support for egalitarian democracy. She is a Ph.D. candi date in political science at the Maxwell School.

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