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Fernando Feitosa, Pierre Baudewyns, Jean-Benoit Pilet, David Talukder

Published On

2024-09-06

Page Range

pp. 61–90

Language

  • English

Print Length

30 pages

3. Who feels resentful?

Chapter of: Bitter-Sweet Democracy?: Analyzing citizens' resentment towards politics in Belgium(pp. 61–90)
This chapter investigates the segments of the population that harbor feelings of resentment. Utilizing data from the 2021 RepResent cross-sectional survey, we explore the distribution of resentment across five dimensions: gender, age, education, vote choice, and region of residence. The findings indicate significant variations in resentment levels among different age groups, but in an unexpected direction. Specifically, resentment is highest among the middle-aged population rather than younger individuals. Additionally, there are remarkable differences across vote choices, with protest voters exhibiting higher levels of resentment compared to other voters. However, no substantial differences are observed when considering gender, educational levels, or regions of residence. These results highlight that individuals who are marginalized within the political landscape do not necessarily experience a sense of exclusion. Moreover, they reveal that protest voters experience a profound sense of exclusion from the political system.

Contributors

Fernando Feitosa

(author)

Fernando Feitosa is a lecturer in politics at Griffith University, Australia, and a former FNRS postdoctoral researcher at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. His research focuses on political behaviour and public opinion. He has published on these topics in several peer-reviewed journals, such as the European Journal of Political Research, Party Politics, and the International Journal of Public Opinion Research.

Pierre Baudewyns

(author)
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5266-5803

Pierre Baudewyns is associate professor of political behaviour at the School of Political and Social Sciences, UCLouvain. His research focuses on electoral behaviour among citizens and elites, and survey methodology. He has published on these topics in journals such as Electoral Studies, West European Politics and Comparative European Politics.

Jean-Benoit Pilet

(author)
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5612-0835

Jean-Benoit Pilet is a full professor of political science at Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB). He coordinates the project POLITICIZE, focusing on public attitudes towards non-elected politics (deliberative democracy, direct democracy, technocracy). Several findings from this project have been recently published in journals including the British Journal of Political Science, European Journal of Political Research, Political Behaviour, Party Politics, Political Studies, and the European Political Science Review. He has also published books and articles on elections, electoral systems, political parties, members of parliament, and the personalization of politics. He was co-PI at ULB (with Emilie van Haute) for the Excellence of Science project RepResent.

David Talukder

(author)
Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Namur

David Talukder is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Namur. His research focuses mainly on political representation, political attitudes, democratic reforms, and deliberative democracy. He has published on these topics in journals such as the British Journal of Political Science, Acta Politica, and The European Journal of Politics and Gender.