Envy in Politics

By: Gwyneth H. McClendon

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Hardcover | 10 April 2018 | Edition Number 1

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How envy, spite, and the pursuit of admiration influence politics

Why do governments underspend on policies that would make their constituents better off? Why do people participate in contentious politics when they could reap benefits if they were to abstain? In Envy in Politics, Gwyneth McClendon contends that if we want to understand these and other forms of puzzling political behavior, we should pay attention to envy, spite, and the pursuit of admiration--all manifestations of our desire to maintain or enhance our status within groups. Drawing together insights from political philosophy, behavioral economics, psychology, and anthropology, McClendon explores how and under what conditions status motivations influence politics.

Through surveys, case studies, interviews, and an experiment, McClendon argues that when concerns about in-group status are unmanaged by social conventions or are explicitly primed by elites, status motivations can become drivers of public opinion and political participation. McClendon focuses on the United States and South Africa—two countries that provide tough tests for her arguments while also demonstrating that the arguments apply in different contexts.

From debates over redistribution to the mobilization of collective action, Envy in Politics presents the first theoretical and empirical investigation of the connection between status motivations and political behavior.

Industry Reviews

"Envy [in Politics] is a brilliant, thought-provoking book that will be studied and referenced for years to come."---Laura Seay, Washington Post
"Overall, this excellent, eclectic, and thought-provoking book is sure to inspire intense discussion and significant follow-up research."---M.R. Michelson, Choice
"One of Choice Reviews' Outstanding Academic Titles of 2018"
"What motivates Donald Trump's political base . . . [McClendon's] big insight is that the seething and yearning focuses not on class conflict, but the Joneses. That is, while emotional cues may come from national voices, it's the people next door who churn minds to the point where their bodies will clamber into the arenas of politics."---Michael Cornfield, The Guardian
"Winner of the Robert E. Lane Award, Political Psychology Section of the American Political Science Association"

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