Revista de Estudios Sociales

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Percepción de desigualdad económica en la vida cotidiana e ideología política: un estudio con jóvenes de España

No. 79 (2022-01-01)
  • Efraín García-Sánchez
  • Juan Diego García-Castro
  • Guillermo B. Willis
  • Rosa Rodríguez-Bailón

Resumen

En este estudio analizamos la percepción de la desigualdad económica en España en la vida cotidiana de acuerdo con la ideología política. Mediante técnicas de análisis de contenido, procesamos 705 respuestas abiertas de 290 personas y usamos análisis de redes para examinar las relaciones entre las categorías identificadas. Encontramos que la desigualdad económica se percibe principalmente como comparación social y privación relativa entre personas/grupos; y más en términos de justicia social, cuando las personas se situaron a la izquierda (vs. la derecha) del espectro político. Discutimos la percepción de la desigualdad económica como un fenómeno multidimensional situado en la vida cotidiana, que influye en la forma de entender y reaccionar ante las disparidades sociales.

Palabras clave: Análisis de redes, desigualdad, desigualdad económica, España, ideología política, percepción

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