The Education Gap in Anti-Establishment Political Attitudes and Behavior: Scrutinizing the Role of Perceived Cultural Distance in the Netherlands

• In Event: Parties and Partisanship

Brief Overview

Does perceived cultural distance to politicians underlie the education gap in anti-establishment political attitudes and behavior? Informed by our prior in-depth qualitative research, we theorize and empirically test this novel explanation.

Authors

• Kjell Noordzij, Erasmus University Rotterdam

• Jeroen van der Waal, Erasmus University Rotterdam

• Willem De Koster, Erasmus University Rotterdam