Danish Public Opinion: Stability, Change, and Polarization
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Danish Public Opinion : Stability, Change, and Polarization. / Dinesen, Peter Thisted; Slothuus, Rune; Stubager, Rune.
Oxford Handbook of Danish Politics. ed. / Peter Munk Christiansen; Jørgen Elklit; Peter Nedergaard. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020. p. 259-277 (Oxford Handbooks).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Danish Public Opinion
T2 - Stability, Change, and Polarization
AU - Dinesen, Peter Thisted
AU - Slothuus, Rune
AU - Stubager, Rune
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Citizens’ political opinions provide an essential input to the democratic process that governments must respond to or at least engage with. This chapter provides an overview of public opinion toward four major political issues in Denmark: economic distribution, immigration, the environment, and the European Union. First, aggregate public opinion on the four issues over four decades is illuminated. There is remarkable stability in aggregate public opinion over time. Second, we explore the extent to which this stability in aggregate opinion conceals changing degrees of social polarization in opinions across four socio-demographicgroups (gender, age, education, and occupation). Third, we analyse the development of political polarization in Danish public opinion by comparing opinions across voters of political parties over time. Despite aggregate stability, there are remarkable changes in polarization across partisan groups, particularly on attitudes toward immigration, and to a lesser extent, the European Union. Lastly, public opinion in Denmark is compared to other European countries (Norway, Sweden, Great Britain, Germany, Poland, and Spain).
AB - Citizens’ political opinions provide an essential input to the democratic process that governments must respond to or at least engage with. This chapter provides an overview of public opinion toward four major political issues in Denmark: economic distribution, immigration, the environment, and the European Union. First, aggregate public opinion on the four issues over four decades is illuminated. There is remarkable stability in aggregate public opinion over time. Second, we explore the extent to which this stability in aggregate opinion conceals changing degrees of social polarization in opinions across four socio-demographicgroups (gender, age, education, and occupation). Third, we analyse the development of political polarization in Danish public opinion by comparing opinions across voters of political parties over time. Despite aggregate stability, there are remarkable changes in polarization across partisan groups, particularly on attitudes toward immigration, and to a lesser extent, the European Union. Lastly, public opinion in Denmark is compared to other European countries (Norway, Sweden, Great Britain, Germany, Poland, and Spain).
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - public opinion
KW - economic redistribution
KW - immigration
KW - European Union
KW - environmental attitudes
U2 - 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198833598.013.42
DO - 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198833598.013.42
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 9780198833598
T3 - Oxford Handbooks
SP - 259
EP - 277
BT - Oxford Handbook of Danish Politics
A2 - Munk Christiansen, Peter
A2 - Elklit, Jørgen
A2 - Nedergaard, Peter
PB - Oxford University Press
CY - Oxford
ER -
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