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Joe Greenwood-Hau @niceonecombo.bsky.social · 4h

Also, 2/3 of people think that the public have hardly any or no influence at the national level.

Joe Greenwood-Hau @niceonecombo.bsky.social · 4h

Today's Privilege & Participation Survey variable is a stalwart of political behaviour research: External Political Efficacy.

privilegeandparticipation.org/2022/01/06/s...

Takeaway: People think they have less influence as they move from the local to the national level.

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John Smith Centre @johnsmithcentre.com · 23h

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Joe Greenwood-Hau @niceonecombo.bsky.social · 1d

Sadly, the variable didn't make it into my new @britishacademy.bsky.social and @livunipress.bsky.social Monograph, 'Capital, Privilege and Political Participation'

BUT, you can read it and buy a copy with a 35% discount (code: 'Greenwood-Hau35') here:

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Capital, Privilege and Political Participation | Home

This book will be available open access upon publication.

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Joe Greenwood-Hau @niceonecombo.bsky.social · 1d

This is probably my favourite variable in the dataset (yes, I have a favourite variable).

Worth noting that, at the time of the survey, about 1/3 of MPs were privately educated, which was still 5 TIMES the rate in the population.

Still, people overestimated even that figure!

Joe Greenwood-Hau @niceonecombo.bsky.social · 1d

Today we move onto perceptions of politics in the Privilege & Participation Survey. First: Perceived Private Education of MPs.

privilegeandparticipation.org/2021/12/24/s...

Takeaway: On average, people think 68% of MPs were privately educated (twice the actual %).

#PrivilegeandParticipation

Survey Variable: Perceived Private Education of MPs

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Joe Greenwood-Hau @niceonecombo.bsky.social · 1d

Today we move onto perceptions of politics in the Privilege & Participation Survey. First: Perceived Private Education of MPs.

privilegeandparticipation.org/2021/12/24/s...

Takeaway: On average, people think 68% of MPs were privately educated (twice the actual %).

#PrivilegeandParticipation

Survey Variable: Perceived Private Education of MPs

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Kenan Malik @kenanmalik.bsky.social · 17d

“A demonstration of the toxic melding of the inchoateness of popular discontent, the inability of the left to speak to working-class grievances and the venomous malevolence of the far right that shapes so much of politics.” My ‪@theobserveruk.bsky.social column: observer.co.uk/news/columni...

‘No one listens to us’: the working-class despair fuellin...

Under the racist chants at last week’s rally lies a deep sense of political betrayal

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Joe Greenwood-Hau @niceonecombo.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Monday morning!

Here's the final Privilege & Participation Survey variable on political or civic participation (blurred line!): Religious Involvement.

privilegeandparticipation.org/2022/03/08/s...

Takeaway: The data measures MANY facets of religious involvement.

#PrivilegeandParticipation

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John Smith Centre @johnsmithcentre.com · 7d

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Joe Greenwood-Hau @niceonecombo.bsky.social · 5d

You can read the book and buy a copy with a 35% discount (using code 'Greenwood-Hau35') here:

liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

Capital, Privilege and Political Participation | Home

This book will be available open access upon publication.

liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk

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Joe Greenwood-Hau @niceonecombo.bsky.social · 5d

Very nice to see my @britishacademy.bsky.social and @livunipress.bsky.social Monograph included here!

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/first-b...

First books published under new partnership with Liverpool University Press – with new 'delayed Open Access'

Eight new British Academy books are the first to be published with Liverpool University Press as part of a new partnership this year.

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Joe Greenwood-Hau @niceonecombo.bsky.social · 5d

...survey respondents being disproportionately politically active.
Second, this is old data. The most recent general election at the time was 2010. A lot has changed but, to my knowledge, there's no other data that covers all the concepts in this data in so much detail.

Joe Greenwood-Hau @niceonecombo.bsky.social · 5d

Today's Privilege & Participation Survey variable is the bread and butter of political behaviour research: Past Vote.

privilegeandparticipation.org/2022/01/17/s...

Two notes:
First, the small percentage of non-voters (16%) illustrates the perennial problem of... (1/2)

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Survey Variable: Past Vote

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Joe Greenwood-Hau @niceonecombo.bsky.social · 5d

You can read the book and buy a copy with a 35% discount (using code 'Greenwood-Hau35') here:

liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

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Joe Greenwood-Hau @niceonecombo.bsky.social · 5d

Less than a week until the @johnsmithcentre.com launch of my @britishacademy.bsky.social and @livunipress.bsky.social monograph, 'Capital, Privilege and Political Participation'!

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Only a few places left, so please do book to join us in Glasgow if you can!

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Joe Greenwood-Hau @niceonecombo.bsky.social · 5d

How do non-participants RANK the reasons for their disengagement?

Privilege & Participation Survey data can help here too:

privilegeandparticipation.org/2021/06/21/s...

Takeaway: Quite flat distribution of mean rankings but lack of confidence, skills and money are top.

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John Smith Centre @johnsmithcentre.com · 6d

How do we overcome barriers to political participation? 🤔

Dr Joe Greenwood-Hau @niceonecombo.bsky.social's latest blog draws on findings from his new book that MPs, activists & members of the public suggest outreach, civic education & (trustworthy) information.

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OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO POLITICAL PARTICIPATION? MPS, ACTIVISTS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SUGGEST OUTREACH, CIVIC EDUCATION AND (TRUSTWORTHY) INFORMATION - John Smith Centre

What stops people from getting involved in politics, and how can we help remove those barriers? Those are key questions for us here at the John Smith Centre, where we work on providing routes into…

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Joe Greenwood-Hau @niceonecombo.bsky.social · 7d

Of course, I also consider it in detail in Chapter 4 (Political Participation and Non-Participation) of my new book!

You can read it and buy a copy with a 35% discount (using code 'Greenwood-Hau35') here:

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Joe Greenwood-Hau @niceonecombo.bsky.social · 7d

I analysed reasons for non-participationin more detail, alongside the reasons that MPs and activists give for why people might not participate, in a recent @johnsmithcentre.com blog:

www.johnsmithcentre.com/news/researc...

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Joe Greenwood-Hau @niceonecombo.bsky.social · 7d

What about non-participants?

An important feature of the Privilege & Participation Survey is its question on reasons for not partipating:

privilegeandparticipation.org/2021/06/15/s...

Takeaway: Lack of time and money (+confidence) are most selected by non-participants.

#PrivilegeandParticipation

Survey Variable: Selected Reasons for Non-Involvement

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 7d

Average annual household energy bill hits £1,755.

£4.43bn energy debt, people can't afford it.

Since 2020 big energy companies made £514bn operating profit.

128000 a year die in fuel poverty

Profiteering fuels inflation, poverty.

Can't rebuild economy without ending profiteering.

Energy price cap warning as latest rise takes effect

The energy price cap remains vulnerable to gas price shocks and rising costs including green energy investment but households are being told they can still shield themselves from fluctuations ahead.

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Joe Greenwood-Hau @niceonecombo.bsky.social · 8d

The survey question was an open text box, asking people to name all the organisations that they support.

I manually coded the answers into categories. Again, this was time-consuming!

Note: People could list as many organisations as they wanted, so the percentages are of all organisations listed.

Joe Greenwood-Hau @niceonecombo.bsky.social · 8d

Moving on from how people support organisations, here's the Privilege & Participation Survey data on the types of organisations supported:

privilegeandparticipation.org/2021/05/07/s...

Takeaway: health charities and campaigns make up 30% of ALL organisations supported.

#PrivilegeandParticipation

Survey Variable: Organisations Supported

Those respondents who indicated that they supported a campaign organisation or a charity (or both) were given the opportunity to write the organisation(s) that they support into an open text box. F…

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Joe Greenwood-Hau @niceonecombo.bsky.social · 8d

Moving on from how people support organisations, here's the Privilege & Participation Survey data on the types of organisations supported:

privilegeandparticipation.org/2021/05/07/s...

Takeaway: health charities and campaigns make up 30% of ALL organisations supported.

#PrivilegeandParticipation

Survey Variable: Organisations Supported

Those respondents who indicated that they supported a campaign organisation or a charity (or both) were given the opportunity to write the organisation(s) that they support into an open text box. F…

privilegeandparticipation.org

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Joe Greenwood-Hau @niceonecombo.bsky.social · 9d

Last type of support for organisations, the Privilege & Participation Survey variable on unpaid positions of responsibility:

privilegeandparticipation.org/2021/04/22/s...

Takeaway: over 90% don't hold such a position; 1-2% in each category from less than 1 to 10+ years

#PrivilegeandParticipation

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 12d

“He prefers to be elected on our ideas, rather than fight for his own. In general, people prefer the original to the copy."*

*Jean-Marie Le Pen, 1990 re. former French president Valéry Giscard d’Estaing.

Our research makes it clear: by capitulating to the right, Labour is driving voters to Reform UK | Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte

Mimicking Farage on immigration is senseless. Labour voters feel betrayed; anti-immigration voters see through the ruse, say academics Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte

www.theguardian.com

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