The Missing Link - Assessing state redistribution capacity to understand the relationship between economic inequality and support for European radical right and left parties
Income inequality is a major driver of the growth of radical parties on both the left and right, as it exacerbates citizens' economic insecurities. However, few studies have explored how welfare policies from Member states of the European Union (EU) can help reduce these economic grievances by...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ddd.uab.cat:271294 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/271294 https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5565/rev/quadernsiee.50 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Welfare policies Welfare state Redistribution Inequality Political behavior Radical left Radical right Políticas de bienestar Estado del bienestar Redistribución Derecha radical Izquierda radical Comportamiento político Desigualdad Polítiques de benestar Estat del benestar Redistribució Dreta radical Esquerra radical Comportament polític Desigualtat |
| Sumario: | Income inequality is a major driver of the growth of radical parties on both the left and right, as it exacerbates citizens' economic insecurities. However, few studies have explored how welfare policies from Member states of the European Union (EU) can help reduce these economic grievances by reducing income inequalities thereby affecting the support towards radical alternatives. In this article, we aim to understand how redistribution affects radical support. We argue that redistribution policies reduce the economic insecurities caused by income inequalities, and thus, the electoral support for radical political platforms is also reduced. To test this hypothesis, we performed multinomial regression models using the European Social Survey data from 17 countries over a period of more than a decade. Our findings reveal that redistribution reduces radical voting, but only for the radical right. We contribute to the literature on welfare policies and radical support by looking at the main welfare policy outcome: redistribution. Our results highlight the importance of redistributive policies in reducing radical right support in the EU, providing valuable insights for policymaking at the European level. |
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