A crisis of democracy is looming in European democracies as populism and polarization grow, and democratic legitimacy declines. The RUDE project investigates a special dimension of this phenomenon: a political and perhaps cultural divide between rural and urban areas.
Urban-rural residency affects European citizens' legitimacy beliefs, social identities, perceptions of injustice and threat, political and social attitudes, and political behavior. RUDE uses a comparative study of all European countries with an in-depth analysis of five established European democracies to explore the role of shifting identities and their consequences for democratic governance and political representation, as well as the role of globalization.
Contact:
rude.uni-frankfurt.de
Lead PI: rossteutscher@soz.uni-frankfurt.de