The Dynamics of Voters’ Left/Right Identification: The Role of Economic and Cultural Attitudes

Vries, Catherine E. De; Hakhverdian, Armèn; Lancee, Bram

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“…It strongly demarcates the differences between nationalism versus cosmopolitism, or demarcation versus integration (Kriesi et al 2008). Indeed, studies show that immigration is an increasingly important element of citizens' political world view (De Vries et al 2013). Several new parties, most importantly Radical Right ones, have been able to mobilise large groups of voters by campaigning against immigration (Mudde 2007).…”

Section: Issue Positions and Party Supportmentioning

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Adapting to party lines: the effect of party affiliation on attitudes to immigration

Harteveld

Kokkonen

Dahlberg

2017

West European Politics

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Adapting to party lines: the effect of party affiliation on attitudes to immigration Harteveld, E.; Kokkonen, A.; Dahlberg, S. General rightsIt is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), other than for strictly personal, individual use, unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons). Disclaimer/Complaints regulationsIf you believe that digital publication of certain material infringes any of your rights or (privacy) interests, please let the Library know, stating your reasons. In case of a legitimate complaint, the Library will make the material inaccessible and/or remove it from the website. Please Ask the Library: http://uba.uva.nl/en/contact, or a letter to: Library of the University of Amsterdam, Secretariat, Singel 425, 1012 WP Amsterdam, The Netherlands. You will be contacted as soon as possible. Public opinion on immigration is increasingly relevant for political behaviour. However, little is known about the way in which citizens' political allegiances in turn shape their attitudes to immigration. Abundant existing evidence suggests that voters often take cues from the parties they support. Using panel data from the Netherlands and Sweden, this article investigates the dynamic relation between attitudes to immigration and party preferences. The longitudinal nature of the data allows for making stronger claims about causal mechanisms than previous crosssectional studies. The analysis shows that voters who change their preference to the Radical Right become stricter on immigration, whereas voters changing to the Greens become less strict on immigration over time. This confirms that citizens' support for anti-and pro-immigration parties results in a 'radicalisation' of their views on immigration along party lines. A similar 'spiral' of radicalisation can be found around the issue of European integration.

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Section: Issue Positions and Party Supportmentioning

confidence: 99%

Adapting to party lines: the effect of party affiliation on attitudes to immigration

Harteveld

Kokkonen

Dahlberg

2017

West European Politics

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“…Zwar wird dabei typischerweise eine eher progressive und redistributive Staatsauffassung gegen eine stärker konservative Sichtweise von der Rolle des Staates und des Marktes kontrastiert (de Vries et al. : ), die Inhalte sind jedoch nicht absolut. Entsprechende Studien zeigen, dass die genauen Inhalte von links und rechts durch die gesellschaftlich aktuellen und dominanten Debatten und Konflikte bestimmt werden (Freire ; Adams et al.…”

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“…,b; de Vries et al. ). Die Links‐Rechts‐Dimension weist integrative Kapazität auf, indem sie in der Lage ist, neue politische Fragen zu absorbieren (de Vries et al.…”

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Führt Polarisierung zu politischem Engagement?

Kleiner

2016

Swiss Political Sci Review

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Zusammenfassung: Politische Partizipation wird von Kontextfaktoren mitbestimmt. Die ideologische Polarisierung ist ein solcher Faktor. W€ ahrend sich die Wahlforschung mit dem Einfluss von Elitenpolarisierung auf das individuelle Wahlverhalten besch€ aftigt, ist bislang nichts € uber den Einfluss der ideologischen Polarisierung der Bev€ olkerung auf das nicht-elektorale Partizipationsverhalten der B€ urger bekannt. In diesem Beitrag wird daher danach gefragt, in welchem Zusammenhang die nicht-elektorale Partizipation von Individuen mit dem Ausmaß an ideologischer Polarisierung ihrer regionalen sozialen Umwelt steht. Vermutet wird, dass wachsende ideologische Polarisierung die B€ urger mobilisiert. Mit Daten des European Social Survey (2002-2012) l€ asst sich ein solcher Effekt zeigen. Dabei werden zwei neue Vorschl€ age zur Messung ideologischer Polarisierung gemacht. Anschließend wird die allgemeine Annahme spezifiziert und die These aufgestellt, dass ideologische Polarisierung besonders auf politisch bereits sensibilisierte Bev€ olkerungsgruppen wie ein Mobilisierungsverst€ arker wirkt. Zum Teil best€ atigen die folgenden Analysen diese Annahme. Insgesamt legen die Ergebnisse die Schlussfolgerung nahe, dass sich das Ausmaß an ideologischer Polarisierung auf das Partizipationsverhalten der Individuen ungleich auswirkt.

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“…This is in line with Peters's hypothesis that public bureaucracies and the people therein “are bound by many thin but strong bonds to their societies, and the values of those societies” (2001, 36) and that “general value orientations in the society will influence the behavior of individuals working within formal organizations” (36). Though far from perfect (Bauer et al ), the left/right distinction is traditionally used to describe broad political preferences, such that left is generally associated with a redistributive preference, and right stands for a more market‐oriented outlook (de Vries, Hakhverdian, and Lancee ). In the context of this article, this means that public officials will be more equity oriented in countries where the population is more politically left wing and thus presumably supportive of redistribution and equity, and they will be more efficiency oriented where the population is more right wing.…”

Section: Explaining Value Preferencesmentioning

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Equity or Efficiency? Explaining Public Officials' Values

Fernández‐Gutiérrez

Walle

2018

Public Administration Review

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This article analyzes the positions of top public officials on an equity‐efficiency trade‐off and the determinants of those positions. It uses data from a survey across 14 European countries. The results show that differences in public officials' positions on equity‐efficiency are related to the context in which they work and to their personal background. Officials at the top of the hierarchy and those with a business or economics education are more oriented toward efficiency. Additionally, results show important differences associated with country administrative culture, including a stronger equity orientation in Scandinavian countries, and a stronger efficiency orientation in Southern European countries. The positions of public officials reflect those held by citizens in their country, confirming the contextualized nature of administrative values. This article contributes to understanding the determinants of public officials' dominant values.

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The Dynamics of Voters’ Left/Right Identification: The Role of Economic and Cultural Attitudes

Cited by 168 publications

References 47 publications

Adapting to party lines: the effect of party affiliation on attitudes to immigration

Adapting to party lines: the effect of party affiliation on attitudes to immigration

Führt Polarisierung zu politischem Engagement?

Equity or Efficiency? Explaining Public Officials' Values

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