Asymmetric evaluations: Government popularity and economic performance in the United Kingdom
In: Electoral studies: an international journal on voting and electoral systems and strategy, Band 53, S. 133-138
ISSN: 1873-6890
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In: Electoral studies: an international journal on voting and electoral systems and strategy, Band 53, S. 133-138
ISSN: 1873-6890
In: European journal of political research: official journal of the European Consortium for Political Research, Band 61, Heft 3, S. 807-828
ISSN: 1475-6765
AbstractUnderstanding representation is central to politics. Numerous studies assess under which conditions politicians share citizens' ideological preferences. However, under which conditions bureaucrats share citizens' ideological preferences has not been systematically studied. Yet, bureaucratic preferences shape policy outcomes. Our paper thus studies why bureaucrats are more right or left‐wing than citizens in some countries and points of time, yet not others. We theorize that political ideologies of past incumbents shape this variation. Incumbents can select ideologically aligned bureaucrats and socialize bureaucrats into ideological preferences; moreover, prospective bureaucrats may self‐select into ideologically aligned governments. As bureaucratic tenure exceeds political tenure, this politicization has lasting effects. Survey data from 87 countries supports this argument: bureaucrats are more left‐leaning than citizens in countries with longer prior rule by economically left‐wing governments, and more right‐wing in countries with more authoritarian pasts. This suggests that incumbents continue to shape the ideological preferences of bureaucrats after leaving office.
In: West European politics, Band 34, Heft 6, S. 1185-1206
ISSN: 1743-9655
In: West European politics, Band 34, Heft 6, S. 1185-1206
ISSN: 0140-2382
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