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Mass unemployment and the state
'Mass Unemployment and the State' shows that domestic political arrangements have mattered greatly to the economic and labor market policies that European governments pursued in response to the problem of unemployment from the early 1970s to the present day.
Political science as architecture
In: European political science: EPS, Volume 21, Issue 4, p. 550-563
ISSN: 1682-0983
AbstractThis article compares political science to another discipline, with which it has much in common. That discipline is architecture. The political-science-as-architecture analogy has a long history in political thought. It also has important implications for the ends, means, and uses of political science. It follows from the political-science-as-architecture analogy that political science is necessarily a heterogeneous and pluralistic discipline. It also follows that political scientists have a common purpose, which is to conceive of institutional structures that allow humans to live together in societies, just as the purpose of architecture is to conceive of physical structures in which humans can live together.
GuidoAlfani and MatteoDi Tullio, The lion's share: inequality and the rise of the fiscal state in preindustrial Europe (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. Pp. v+232. 29 figs. 21 tabs. ISBN 9781108476218 Hbk. £31.99)
In: The economic history review, Volume 73, Issue 2, p. 600-601
ISSN: 1468-0289
Economic Downturns and Political Competition since the 1870s
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Volume 79, Issue 4, p. 1302-1314
ISSN: 1468-2508
Economic Downturns and Political Competition Since the 1870s
Relying on new data on the ideology of heads of government in 27 democracies over a period of more than 140 years, this article shows that short economic downturns, with a single year of falling per capita consumption, have more often resulted in shifts to the right than shifts to the left. But long-lasting economic downturns, with more than one consecutive year of falling consumption, are different, since they tend to affect a much greater proportion of the population: compared with short downturns, which favor the right, long downturns have more uniform political effects.
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The electoral consequences of two great crises
In: European journal of political research: official journal of the European Consortium for Political Research, Volume 53, Issue 4, p. 747-765
ISSN: 1475-6765
AbstractWho benefits from deep economic crises: the left, the right or neither? On the basis of evidence from elections in 1929–1933 and 2008–2013 in all states that were democracies in both periods, it is argued in this article that the electoral consequences of the Great Depression and the Great Recession were surprisingly similar: in both periods, right‐wing parties were at first more successful than left‐wing parties, although this effect only lasted for a few years. The manner in which a crisis develops over time should be taken into account when examining the effects of deep economic downturns on the electoral fortunes of the left and the right.
The electoral consequences of two great crises
In: European journal of political research: official journal of the European Consortium for Political Research, Volume 53, Issue 4, p. 747-765
ISSN: 0304-4130
Economic Downturns and Political Competition Since the 1870s
In: APSA 2014 Annual Meeting Paper
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Union Density and Political Strikes
In: World politics: a quarterly journal of international relations, Volume 65, Issue 3, p. 539-569
ISSN: 1086-3338
Why do trade unions organize antigovernment strikes in some countries but not in others? This article argues that there is a curvilinear relationship between union density and political strike activity. Political strikes are rare in countries with low union density, since effective protests require a basic level of organizational capacity. They are also rare in countries with high union density, since a government that faces a strong union movement has powerful incentives to adjust its policies in order to avoid open confrontation. But political strikes are relatively common in countries with moderate levels of union density, since it is difficult for governments and unions to find viable compromises when the strength of the unions is not secure. The empirical part of the article estimates the relationship between union density and the likelihood of political strikes in two samples of advanced democracies.
Union density and political strikes
In: World politics: a quarterly journal of international relations, Volume 65, Issue 3, p. 539-569
ISSN: 0043-8871
Why do trade unions organize antigovernment strikes in some countries but not in others? This article argues that there is a curvilinear relationship between union density and political strike activity. Political strikes are rare in countries with low union density, since effective protests require a basic level of organizational capacity. They are also rare in countries with high union density, since a government that faces a strong union movement has powerful incentives to adjust its policies in order to avoid open confrontation. But political strikes are relatively common in countries with moderate levels of union density, since it is difficult for governments and unions to find viable compromises when the strength of the unions is not secure. The empirical part of the article estimates the relationship between union density and the likelihood of political strikes in two samples of advanced democracies. (World Politics / SWP)
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Do the Poor Count? Democratic Institutions and Accountability in a Context of Poverty. By Michelle M. Taylor-Robinson. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2010. 248p. $69.95 cloth, $34.95 paper
In: Perspectives on politics, Volume 10, Issue 3, p. 857-858
ISSN: 1541-0986
The Political Consequences of the Great Depression and the Great Recession: Remarkably Similar
In: Swiss political science review: SPSR = Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft : SZPW = Revue suisse de science politique : RSSP, Volume 18, Issue 4, p. 514-517
ISSN: 1662-6370
The Political Consequences of the Great Depression and the Great Recession: Remarkably Similar
In: Swiss political science review, Volume 18, Issue 4, p. 514-517
The Political Foundations of Trust and Distrust: Reforms and Protests in France
In: West European politics, Volume 34, Issue 2, p. 296-316
ISSN: 1743-9655