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...

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Autores: Padilla Galviz, Erick Stivens, Cantó, Joel, Arregui, Javier
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Repositorio:Repositorio Digital de la UPF
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5565/rev/quadernsiee.50
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Palavra-chave:Welfare policies
Welfare state
Redistribution
Radical right
Radical left
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spelling The missing Link - Assessing state redistribution capacity to understand the relationship between economic inequality and support for European radical right and left partiesLa baula perduda - La capacitat redistributiva de l’Estat per entendre la relació entre desigualtat econòmica i suport a partits populistes a EuropaEl eslabón perdido - La capacidad redistributiva del Estado para entender la relación entre desigualdad económica y apoyo a partidos populistas en EuropaPadilla Galviz, Erick StivensCantó, JoelArregui, JavierWelfare policiesWelfare stateRedistributionRadical rightRadical leftIncome 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 containingincome 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 reducethe 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 Surveydata 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.Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona202420242023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/59673http://dx.doi.org/10.5565/rev/quadernsiee.50reponame:Repositorio Digital de la UPFinstname:Universitat Pompeu FabraInglésQuaderns IEE: revista de l’Institut d’Estudis Europeus. 2023 Jan 31;2(1):3-24Drets d'autor (c) 2023 Erick S. Padilla Galviz, Joel Cantó Roche , Javier Arregui. Aquesta obra està sota una llicència internacional Creative Commons Reconeixement-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 4.0.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/596732026-06-12T07:21:37Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The missing Link - Assessing state redistribution capacity to understand the relationship between economic inequality and support for European radical right and left parties
La baula perduda - La capacitat redistributiva de l’Estat per entendre la relació entre desigualtat econòmica i suport a partits populistes a Europa
El eslabón perdido - La capacidad redistributiva del Estado para entender la relación entre desigualdad económica y apoyo a partidos populistas en Europa
title The missing Link - Assessing state redistribution capacity to understand the relationship between economic inequality and support for European radical right and left parties
spellingShingle The missing Link - Assessing state redistribution capacity to understand the relationship between economic inequality and support for European radical right and left parties
Padilla Galviz, Erick Stivens
Welfare policies
Welfare state
Redistribution
Radical right
Radical left
title_short The missing Link - Assessing state redistribution capacity to understand the relationship between economic inequality and support for European radical right and left parties
title_full The missing Link - Assessing state redistribution capacity to understand the relationship between economic inequality and support for European radical right and left parties
title_fullStr The missing Link - Assessing state redistribution capacity to understand the relationship between economic inequality and support for European radical right and left parties
title_full_unstemmed The missing Link - Assessing state redistribution capacity to understand the relationship between economic inequality and support for European radical right and left parties
title_sort The missing Link - Assessing state redistribution capacity to understand the relationship between economic inequality and support for European radical right and left parties
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Padilla Galviz, Erick Stivens
Cantó, Joel
Arregui, Javier
author Padilla Galviz, Erick Stivens
author_facet Padilla Galviz, Erick Stivens
Cantó, Joel
Arregui, Javier
author_role author
author2 Cantó, Joel
Arregui, Javier
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author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Welfare policies
Welfare state
Redistribution
Radical right
Radical left
topic Welfare policies
Welfare state
Redistribution
Radical right
Radical left
description 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 containingincome 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 reducethe 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 Surveydata 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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