Winter, Roos (2022) The interplay between employment precariousness and education: Their relationship with political alienation in a multilevel context. Research Master thesis, Research Master.
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Abstract
In many advanced democracies, three large developments are occurring: political alienation seems to be increasing, precarious employment is expanding, and education is of growing importance. This paper connects these trends by exploring the interplay between multidimensional employment precariousness and educational level, and their effects on political alienation. As the institutional context is crucial for all of these concepts, their effects are investigated in a multilevel model to be able to differentiate between individual-level and country-level effects. Data from the European Social Survey Round 5 is used. Results suggest that generally people who experience more employment precariousness are more alienated from politics. In addition, the importance of considering educational level is underlined as its effect on political alienation is partly explained by employment precariousness. The effect of employment precariousness on political alienation did not seem to differ between educational groups, nor did it show significant differences between countries. The effect of education, however, showed considerable variation per country. These results highlight the relevance of education and employment with regard to political attitudes and establish the idea that these concepts should be analysed collectively, taking into account country-context.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Research Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Wittek, R.P.M. and Kuppens, T. |
| Degree programme: | Research Master |
| Differentiation route: | Sociology [Research Master] |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Jul 2022 13:50 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Jul 2022 13:50 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1106 |
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