Current Social Issues
Q: The Yellow Vest protests in this European country reflect social alienation and distrust toward elites, similar to Cramer’s findings.
A: What is France?
Q: Cramer uses this term to describe the feeling among rural communities that urban elites ignore.
A: What is rural consciousness?
Q: This TV show about a wealthy family’s dysfunction reflects themes of inequality and elite alienation, similar to the rural-urban divide Cramer describes
A: What is Succession?
Q: According to Ballard-Rosa et al., communities facing economic hardship may turn to leaders with these values as a defense against instability
A: What are authoritarian values?
Q: This recent global crisis highlighted disparities in access to resources, echoing the rural resentment seen in Cramer’s study.
A: What is COVID-19?
Q: What U.S. state does Cramer focus on to illustrate the politics of resettlement?
A: What is Wisconsin?
Q: A popular song by Iggy Azalea, this song captures feelings of working-class alienation, resonating with Cramer’s rural consciousness findings
A: What is Work?
Q: Ballard-Rosa’s study links local economic shocks in this sector to a rise in authoritarian political values in affected communities.
A: What is the manufacturing?
Q: This major 2016 event in the UK is often cited as a reaction against elites, similar to the rural consciousness observed by Cramer in Wisconsin
A: What is Brexit/Brexit referendum?
Q: Rural residents in Cramer’s study felt that this group unfairly benefited from public resources, leading to feelings of resentment.
A: Who are urban elites?
Q: This 2019 South Korean movie illustrates the theme of social inequality, echoing Gidron and Hall’s discussion of status and social integration.
A: What is parasite?
Q: Ballard-Rosa et al. use trade data from this country to examine the impact of economic disruption on political attitudes.
A: What is the United Kingdom?
Q: This South American leader gained support by appealing to rural and economically marginalized voters, resembling the rural consciousness Cramer describes.
A: Who is Jair Bolsonaro?
Q: Cramer’s work revealed that rural resentment often stems from differences in which three specific types of resources or opportunities?
A: What are job opportunities, public services, and political representation?
Q: In The Hunger Games series, this powerful central city controlled by _______, represents elite control, echoing rural resentment toward elites in Cramer’s study.
A: What is the President Snow and The Capital?
Q: According to Ballard-Rosa, communities experiencing economic shocks are drawn to authoritarian leaders for these two assurances.
A: What are order and protection?