How Globalization Shapes Individual Risk Perceptions and Policy Preferences: A Cross-National Analysis of Differences between Globalization Winners and Losers

Walter, Stefanie; Maduz, Linda

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“…In addition to their national identity, thus, globalisation losers and winners are, in the parlance of political economy, defined based both on their factor endowments (class and education) as in the Heckscher‐Ohlin and Stolper‐Samuelson models and their sector (i.e., how open it is to international competition) as in the Ricardo‐Viner model (cf. Walter & Maduz ). The authors predict that, relative to the winners, losers of globalisation will be more in favour of redistribution, as this to some extent protects them against the negative economic impact of globalisation.…”

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“…However, and related to the point regarding the lack of theoretical clarity of the globalisation model, the effects may be more nuanced. Thus, based on work in trade theory and combining a sectoral and factoral approach Walter and Maduz (; see also Walter ) argue that the losers of globalisation are those low‐ability individuals who are exposed to international competition, because they are most at risk of losing their job and receiving low wages. Conversely, highly productive individuals who are exposed to international competition receive higher wages and can be characterised as globalisation winners.…”

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Old wine in new bottles? Reassessing the effects of globalisation on political preferences in Western Europe

Langsæther

Stubager

2019

European J Political Res

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In both public and scholarly debates, globalisation has recently been accredited with a massive impact on the political preferences and electoral behaviour of Western citizens. Some go as far as to declare a new cleavage between winners and losers of globalisation, driven, for example, by individuals’ exposure to international competition and their degree of national as opposed to cosmopolitan identification. Extant tests of this argument have, however, relied on class and education as proxies for these processes. In contrast, this study provides a direct test of the influence of the globalisation processes on attitudes to economic distribution, the European Union and immigration as well as on vote choice across nine West European countries. The results show that variables tapping the core aspects of globalisation have relatively little impact on attitudes and vote choice; are largely unable to account for the effects of class and education; and do not seem to lead to the establishment of new divisions between winners and losers within or across classes. Rather, the winners and losers of globalisation seem to be the traditional winners and losers with respect to material positions and political influence in modern Western societies – that is, those placed higher as opposed to lower in the class and education hierarchies. In this way, the proposed cleavage between winners and losers of globalisation may seem to be rather much like old wine in new bottles.

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Old wine in new bottles? Reassessing the effects of globalisation on political preferences in Western Europe

Langsæther

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2019

European J Political Res

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“… 13. The categories are based on the U.S. Labor Department’s Standard Occupational Classification (SOC), which was adapted for the corresponding International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO) codes available in the European Social Survey (ESS; for details, see Walter & Maduz, 2009). While this classification was developed for the United States, we think that it can be applied to comparable occupations in other advanced economies as well, as offshorability is strongly influenced by technological developments, which are not likely to differ much across developed countries.…”

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The Electoral Consequences of Offshoring: How the Globalization of Production Shapes Party Preferences

Rommel

Walter

2017

Comparative Political Studies

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How does offshoring affect individual party preferences in multiparty systems? We argue that exposure to offshoring influences individual preferences for those political parties with clear policy positions on issues relevant for individuals with offshorable jobs (left, liberal, and center-right parties) but does not affect voting decisions for parties concentrating on other issues (green or populist right parties). Examining individual-level data from five waves of the European Social Survey for 18 advanced democracies, we find that these effects vary by skill level and exposure. Offshoring increases preferences for liberal and center-right parties that advocate economic openness among the highly skilled. In contrast, low-skilled individuals exposed to offshoring are more likely to prefer leftist political parties that champion social protection and redistribution. Offshoring does not affect the propensity to vote for green and populist right parties. waves of the European Social Survey for 18 advanced democracies, we find that these effects vary by skill-level and exposure. Offshoring increases preferences for liberal and center-right parties that advocate economic openness among the highly skilled. In contrast, low-skilled individuals exposed to offshoring are more likely to prefer leftist political parties that champion social protection and redistribution. Furthermore, offshoring does not affect the propensity to vote for green and populist right parties.

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“… 17 For detailed information on converting SOC into ISCO categories and on applying the index to the ESS survey data see Walter and Maduz (2009). The STATA code can be found in the replication package. …”

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Globalization and the Demand-Side of Politics: How Globalization Shapes Labor Market Risk Perceptions and Policy Preferences

Walter¹

2015

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Does globalization affect the demand-side of politics, and if so, how? This paper builds on new developments in trade theory to argue that globalization matters, but that its effects on individuals’ perceptions of labor market risk and policy preferences are more heterogenous than previous research has acknowledged. Globalization exposure increases risk perceptions and demands for social protection among low-skilled individuals, but decreases them among high-skilled individuals. This conditional effect is observationally distinct from classic trade models as well as arguments that deindustrialization or ideology predominantly drive such perceptions and preferences. Analyzing cross-national survey data from 16 European countries and focusing both on trade and offshoring, the empirical analyses support the prediction that exposure to globalization affects high- and low-skilled individuals differently, leading to variation in labor market risk perceptions and policy preferences.

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How Globalization Shapes Individual Risk Perceptions and Policy Preferences: A Cross-National Analysis of Differences between Globalization Winners and Losers

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Old wine in new bottles? Reassessing the effects of globalisation on political preferences in Western Europe

Old wine in new bottles? Reassessing the effects of globalisation on political preferences in Western Europe

The Electoral Consequences of Offshoring: How the Globalization of Production Shapes Party Preferences

Globalization and the Demand-Side of Politics: How Globalization Shapes Labor Market Risk Perceptions and Policy Preferences

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