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@article{ Bartram2023, title = {Does belief in meritocracy increase with inequality? A reconsideration for European countries}, author = {Bartram, David}, journal = {British Journal of Sociology}, number = {5}, pages = {763-780}, volume = {74}, year = {2023}, issn = {1468-4446}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-4446.13042}, urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-98053-7}, abstract = {Recent research finds that higher inequality reinforces a tendency to see inequality as legitimate, via beliefs about meritocracy. That pattern appears in a cross-sectional analysis - but it is seemingly evident also in a longitudinal analysis: an increase in inequality apparently leads to a stronger perception of a meritocratic process. I reconsider that finding here via an analysis that uses (1) a different set of countries, (2) a different time-period, and (3) different measures of inequality and beliefs about meritocracy. Using data from the European Social Survey on 17 countries from 2008 to 2016, I present results that are in tension with earlier research: an increase in inequality leads people to disagree more strongly with a core meritocratic principle - that is, the idea that large differences in incomes are needed to reward talents and effort.}, keywords = {Europa; Europe; Ungleichheit; inequality; Meritokratie; meritocracy}}