Démocraties libérales: le pouvoir des citoyens dans les pays européens
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In: Public choice, Band 160, Heft 3-4
ISSN: 1573-7101
The effect of immigration on redistribution has been widely debated. This paper contributes to this debate by testing two explanations, which are that (i) immigration tends to reduce redistribution due to people's higher levels of xenophobia, and that (ii) immigration affects redistribution because immigrants do not have the right to vote. Since the demand for redistribution depends on the (expected) gap between median voter income and mean income, immigrants affect the demand for redistribution because, as non-citizens, they do not change the median voter's income, but, as economic stakeholders, they do affect the mean income. Four empirical consequences of (i) and (ii) are tested at the individual level. Evidence from the European Values Survey in 45 countries confirms (ii), showing that immigrants' expected competitiveness on the labor market affects preferences for redistribution and that it is amplified when the perceived number of immigrants is high. In contrast, (i) is globally rejected since the impact of the citizens' declared level of solidarity with immigrants tends to be weak and depends on the type of measurement or specification used. Adapted from the source document.
In: Revue française de science politique, Band 64, Heft 6, S. 1235-1237
ISSN: 0035-2950
In: Revue d'économie politique, Band 124, Heft 1
ISSN: 0373-2630
For fifteen years, many studies have pointed out that low levels of solidarity with immigrants lead to a fall in support for the welfare state. Therefore, more widespread immigration could cause a deep change in industrialized countries' social protection systems. This article challenges this analysis. Using a multilevel analysis based on French individual data, it shows that, first, hostility towards immigrants is not statistically related to support for the welfare state. Second, specific types of hostile beliefs are associated with this support, but not ever negatively, since some anti-immigration beliefs increase support for social protection. Third, the forms of beliefs about immigrants associated to lower support for social protection are more widespread within the electorate close to the UMP, while beliefs favoring social protection are poorly exploited politically and tend to be developed by economically vulnerable people. Adapted from the source document.
In: Public choice, Band 160, Heft 3, S. 391-409
ISSN: 0048-5829
In: Public choice, Band 160, Heft 3-4, S. 391-409
ISSN: 1573-7101
Recent discussions about global justice have focused on the arguments in favor of including political and social rights within the set of human rights. In doing so, the issue of the existence of specific rights, enjoyed exclusively by citizens of a given community, is raised. This article deals with the problem of distinguishing human and citizen rights. It argues the existence of citizens' rights based on specific solidarity in each country - the stockholder principle - that is compatible with a broad idea of human rights defined by international law and enforced according to the stakeholder principle. Moreover, the stockholder principle is compatible with the psychological concept of citizenship as based on a specific collective identity and, last but not least, it leads to fair consequences at a global level.
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According to some political economists, equality of outcome and equality of opportunity are substitutable. Assuming that people wish to equalize their opportunities in life, their level of demand for equalizing outcomes depends on their perception of social mobility in their society. On the other hand, substitutability can be criticized because equalizing opportunities introduces higher risk for an individual's future rank in their society, and this causes yet more demand for equalizing outcomes. Evidence based on the French Survey "Dynegal" shows that both expectations are correct and that the relationship between perceived equality of opportunity and preference for equality of outcomes is robustly U-shaped.
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In: Open Journal of Political Science: OJPS, Band 3, Heft 1, S. 30-38
ISSN: 2164-0513
In: Comparative European politics, Band 11, Heft 2
ISSN: 1740-388X
The oldest definition of semi-presidentialism requires a president possessing considerable constitutional power. Subsequent research has listed presidential competences, but has not empirically set their respective weighting. In order to assess the relevant competences that determine presidential power, this article presents an indicator of relative turnout in 28 parliamentary democracies with a popularly elected president. The core hypothesis is that if presidents have considerable power, the turnout is higher for presidential elections than for legislative ones. The results show that presidents are deemed 'strong' when they play a central role in foreign policy. This finding is compatible with different analyses of presidential regimes and provides a clear and coherent criterion for identifying semi-presidential regimes. Adapted from the source document.
In: Futuribles: l'anticipation au service de l'action ; revue bimestrielle, Heft 395, S. 69-82
ISSN: 0183-701X, 0337-307X
Recent discussions about global justice have focused on the arguments in favor of including political and social rights within the set of human rights. In doing so, the issue of the existence of specific rights, enjoyed exclusively by citizens of a given community, is raised. This article deals with the problem of distinguishing human and citizen rights. It argues the existence of citizens' rights based on specific solidarity in each country - the stockholder principle - that is compatible with a broad idea of human rights defined by international law and enforced according to the stakeholder principle. Moreover, the stockholder principle is compatible with the psychological concept of citizenship as based on a specific collective identity and, last but not least, it leads to fair consequences at a global level.
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According to some political economists, equality of outcome and equality of opportunity are substitutable. Assuming that people wish to equalize their opportunities in life, their level of demand for equalizing outcomes depends on their perception of social mobility in their society. On the other hand, substitutability can be criticized because equalizing opportunities introduces higher risk for an individual's future rank in their society, and this causes yet more demand for equalizing outcomes. Evidence based on the French Survey "Dynegal" shows that both expectations are correct and that the relationship between perceived equality of opportunity and preference for equality of outcomes is robustly U-shaped.
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Recent discussions about global justice have focused on the arguments in favor of including political and social rights within the set of human rights. In doing so, the issue of the existence of specific rights, enjoyed exclusively by citizens of a given community, is raised. This article deals with the problem of distinguishing human and citizen rights. It argues the existence of citizens' rights based on specific solidarity in each country - the stockholder principle - that is compatible with a broad idea of human rights defined by international law and enforced according to the stakeholder principle. Moreover, the stockholder principle is compatible with the psychological concept of citizenship as based on a specific collective identity and, last but not least, it leads to fair consequences at a global level.
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In: Comparative European politics: CEP, Band 11, Heft 2, S. 222-248
ISSN: 1472-4790