The Populist Backlash Against Globalization: A Meta-Analysis of the Causal Evidence

Scheiring, Gábor; Serrano-Alarcón, Manuel; Moise, Alexandru; McNamara, Courtney; Stuckler, David

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“…Of the notoriously underrepresented African countries, with the exception of South Africa which participates in CSES, some are included only in the 84country study by Griffin et al (2021). Similar biases in country coverage have been observed in recent systematic reviews and meta-analyses (Devine 2024, Scheiring et al 2024.…”

Section: Year Of Publication Geography and Data Sourcessupporting

confidence: 80%

“…We start with a simple tally of the effects in the analyzed studies simply as counts of significant positive, negative, and null effects, for combinations of types and levels of polarization and types of participation, following Scheiring et al (2024). The analysis is based on the t-values of the coefficients of interest relative to the respective critical values for 95% two-tailed confidence tests.…”

Section: Tally Of Model Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A common strategy is also to present several models adding control variables in a step-wise fashion. Some meta-analyses take coefficients from models that have the largest set of control variables, arguing that the provide the most conservative estimates (e.g., Scheiring et al 2024). I believe the problem is more complicated than that: without knowing the theoretical model, it is not at all clear if models with the greatest number of control variables are best at identifying the effect of interest.…”

Section: Data Structure and Codingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To examine the heterogeneity of results, following recent work by Gechert and Heimberger (2022), Filomena andPicchio (2023), andScheiring et al (2024), I extend the model in equation ( 1) with predictors capturing aspects of the respective studies' substantive focus or employed methodology .…”

Section: Heterogeneity Analysismentioning

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Political polarization is thought to have broadly negative effects on societies. The possibility that polarization mobilizes and motivates people to participate more in politics is one potentially positive consequence of polarization’s recent increase in many European countries. This paper presents results of a systematic literature review and meta-analysis of 25 articles published since 1990 that study the effects of polarization on participation empirically. A review of these articles enables a categorization of the research depending on the type of polarization (affective or ideological), its level (individual or system), and type of participation (electoral or non-electoral), and an analysis of theoretical arguments proposed by authors of studies in each category, as well as the data and methods used. A meta-analysis of 103 coefficients capturing the focal association, converted into standardized effect sizes, suggests a positive effect of polarization on participation even after accounting for the substantial publication bias; however, this effect is likely very small. We conclude with a discussion of the challenges researchers of polarization and participation face, and opportunities for further research on this topic.

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Populist Attitudes, Subjective Social Status, and Resentment in Italy

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Scherer

2024

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Social identity is relevant to political attitudes. Recent studies show that perceived social positions particularly shape populist attitudes. Italy is an interesting test case that has been scarcely investigated by previous research. Thus, using original data collected in 2021, this paper analyses populist attitudes in Italy and the relationship between subjective social status, status mismatch, and social resentment. This study finds that subjective status matters more than objective conditions for populist attitudes. Those who perceive themselves as being at the bottom of the social hierarchy tend to have higher levels of populist attitudes than the rest of the population. However, low social resentment can partially absorb the effect of low status. The paper provides original data from which novel insights into the debate on populism are discernible, appearing to stem more from individual perceptions than objective positions. The results also suggest some possible remedies against rising populist attitudes.

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Income change and sympathy for right‐wing populist parties in the Netherlands: The role of gender and income inequality within households

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De Graaf

2024

British Journal of Sociology

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The global rise of right‐wing populist [RWP] parties presents a major political concern. RWP parties' voters tend to be citizens who have either experienced or fear economic deprivation. Income change constitutes a viable measure of this deprivation. However, previous contributions examining effects of income change on support for RWP parties have yielded diverging conclusions. This paper challenges previous findings by incorporating considerations of gender and within‐household inequality. We hypothesise a negative relationship between, on the one hand, personal and household income change and, on the other hand, sympathy towards RWP parties. Furthermore, we expect to find a stronger association between personal income change and RWP sympathy among men. Moreover, we expect the relationship between household income change and RWP sympathy to differ between genders. Finally, we hypothesise that this gender disparity can be interpreted by considering who contributes most to the household income. All these hypotheses are grounded in gender socialisation and economic dominance theories. Analysing Dutch LISS longitudinal data spanning from 2007 to 2021 (N = 7,801, n = 43,954) through fixed‐effects multilevel linear regression models enables us to address various competing explanations. It appears that only for men, personal income change is negatively linked with sympathies towards RWP parties. However, considering who is the highest earner within households reveals that women are also affected by their personal income change if they earn the highest income. For both men and women, household income change is negatively linked with sympathies towards RWP parties. These results lend partial support to both the socialisation and economic dominance theories. The implications of these findings are discussed.

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The Populist Backlash Against Globalization: A Meta-Analysis of the Causal Evidence

Cited by 3 publications

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Does polarization increase participation? A systematic literature review and meta-analysis

Does polarization increase participation? A systematic literature review and meta-analysis

Populist Attitudes, Subjective Social Status, and Resentment in Italy

Income change and sympathy for right‐wing populist parties in the Netherlands: The role of gender and income inequality within households

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