Veennema, Daniël (2025) Sliding Across the Social Ladder: A Cross-Country Analysis into Social Conflict Perceptions and Subjective Social Class Trajectories. Research Master thesis, Research Master.
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Abstract
This thesis investigated variation in five dimension of social conflict. Individuals were categorised into Subjective Social Class Trajectories: social climbers, social fallers, a stable group and a rest group. These types were related to the theory of conflict thinking. As perceptions of conflict vary between countries, the study examined the impact of the inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI) on these conflict perceptions, and how the IHDI moderates the effect of the social class types. Crosssectional analysis using linear mixed-effects multilevel models was conducted using 2019 data from 27 countries in the International Social Science Panel (n = 44,975). The typologies were present in all countries. Analysis results showed partial support for the hypotheses. IHDI predicted lower levels of conflict dimensions. Socially mobile individuals had lower perceptions of conflict than the stable group in countries with a lower IHDI, however they had higher perceptions in countries with a higher IHDI
| Item Type: | Thesis (Research Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Wittek, R.P.M. |
| Degree programme: | Research Master |
| Differentiation route/Track: | Understanding Societal Change [Research Master] |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Aug 2025 11:18 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Aug 2025 11:18 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/5873 |
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