The Politics of Tax Justice in Democracies: Redistribution Beyond the Median Voter Theorem
In: LSE public policy review, Band 2, Heft 4
ISSN: 2633-4046
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In: LSE public policy review, Band 2, Heft 4
ISSN: 2633-4046
In: The British journal of politics & international relations: BJPIR, Band 19, Heft 3, S. 465-478
ISSN: 1467-856X
The vote for Brexit is not an isolated event, but part of a wave of populist, anti-elite revolts: a new 'anti-system' politics Western democracies are experiencing, shaking the existing consensus around economic integration, free markets and liberal values. This wave takes a variety of forms, but has in common a robust, even violent, rejection of the mainstream political elites and their values, and a demand for governments to act on the sources of social and economic distress and inequality. This article views Brexit as a part of this new anti-system politics, a reaction to the decline in ideological competition in democracies and the increasing impotence of politicians to address the upheavals wrought by global free market capitalism. This reaction has become particularly acute after the financial crisis of the late 2000s, which affected Britain disproportionately, and the failure of austerity policies to revive growth, crystallising the ineffectiveness of existing policies to deal with economic stagnation and cultural change. This policy failure is compounded by a perceived refusal of politicians to engage with the broader public and a lack of real choice between the mainstream political parties. The article will present evidence that a failed policy consensus, a rise in inequality and a decline in the representativeness of political elites, rather than a resurgence of intolerance or xenophobia, are the principal causes of the Brexit vote.
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In: Current history: a journal of contemporary world affairs, Band 111, Heft 743, S. 94-100
ISSN: 1944-785X
Italy may reluctantly accept being 'saved by Europe' once again. But…[if] the country turns back to populism, there will be dramatic consequences for the governance of the European economy.
In: The international spectator: journal of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, Band 47, Heft 4, S. 35-48
ISSN: 1751-9721
In: Party politics: an international journal for the study of political parties and political organizations, Band 15, Heft 2, S. 179-198
ISSN: 1460-3683
This article addresses the relationship between political decentralization and the organization of political parties in Great Britain and Spain, focusing on the Labour Party and the Socialist Party, respectively. It assesses two rival accounts of this relationship: Caramani's `nationalization of politics' thesis and Chhibber and Kollman's rational choice institutionalist account in their book The Formation of National Party Systems. It argues that both accounts are seriously incomplete, and on occasion misleading, because of their unwillingness to consider the autonomous role of political parties as advocates of institutional change and as organizational entities. The article develops this argument by studying the role of the British Labour Party and the Spanish Socialists in proposing devolution reforms, and their organizational and strategic responses to them. It concludes that the reductive theories cited above fail to capture the real picture, because parties cannot only mitigate the effects of institutional change, they are also the architects of these changes and shape institutions to suit their strategic ends.
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In: Italian politics: a review ; a publication of the Istituto Cattaneo, Band 21, Heft 1
ISSN: 2326-7259
In: Mediterranean politics, Band 10, Heft 1, S. 109-115
ISSN: 1743-9418
In: Italian politics: a review ; a publication of the Istituto Cattaneo, Band 20, Heft 1
ISSN: 2326-7259
In: Party politics: an international journal for the study of political parties and political organizations, Band 10, Heft 6, S. 627-651
ISSN: 1460-3683
This article presents some theoretical contours for the study of party finance and its consequences. Two broad issues are explored. First, the article develops an account of changes in patterns of party finance, and in particular the move away from the 'mass party' model of funding towards 'elite party' and 'cartel party' models. Party finance is conceptualized as a collective action problem, and four 'post-mass party' financial strategies are identified. Second, the article addresses normative issues, assessing how these four financial models perform in terms of 'liberal' and 'populist' theories of democracy. It is concluded that the mass party model remains closest to the 'democratic' ideal, while the state-financed ('cartel') model is a reasonable pragmatic response to the decline in party membership.
In: Political studies: the journal of the Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom, Band 50, Heft 3, S. 573-578
ISSN: 1467-9248
In: Review of international political economy, Band 9, Heft 3, S. 574-590
ISSN: 1466-4526
In: Party politics: an international journal for the study of political parties and political organizations, Band 7, Heft 3, S. 343-361
ISSN: 1460-3683
Primary elections and membership ballots are becoming more common as a means of selecting candidates in European parties. This article assesses the likely implications of these changes for party cohesion by examining the American experience of primaries and contrasting US candidate selection with the membership ballots and primaries recently adopted by parties in the UK and Spain. It is argued that, in the absence of state regulation of candidate selection in European parties, these changes are unlikely to undermine party organizations as primaries have in the US. Instead, the European experience suggests that party leaders have been able to retain ultimate control over candidate selection, and that the democratization of the process has been more formal than real.
In: West European politics, Band 24, Heft 1, S. 115-136
ISSN: 1743-9655