Democracy under siege? : parties, voters, and elections after the great recession

Democracy under siege? : parties, voters, and elections after the great recession / Timothy Hellwig, Yesola Kweon, and Jack Vowles.

The consequences of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and Great Recession of 2008-2010 continue to be debated among economists, journalists, and policymakers. This book examines how these economic shocks, which originated largely outside of nations, reshaped politics within them.

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Main Authors: Hellwig, Timothy, 1972- (Author), Kweon, Yesola (Author), Vowles, Jack, 1950- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Comparative study of electoral systems.
Subjects:
2000-2099
Representative government and representation > History > 21st century.
Democracy > History > 21st century.
Democracy
Representative government and representation
History
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Democracy Under Siege?
  • Copyright
  • Series Editors' Preface
  • Preface and Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Part I: The Crisis's Long Shadowon Democratic Politics
  • 1 Continuity and Change: The Shock, the Recovery, and the Mass Politics of Economic Crises
  • 1.1. Continuity and Change in Electoral Politics
  • 1.1.2. Issue Politics and Rapid Change
  • 1.1.3. Dynamic Cleavages and Layered Change
  • 1.2. Continuity, Change, and the Global Financial Crisis
  • 1.3. A Supply-Side Framework for Making Sense of Mass Political Reponses
  • 1.4. Shaping Mass Political Responses: Party Cues and Policy Behaviour
  • 1.5. Parties and Voters: Before, During and After the Crisis
  • 1.6. Organization of the Book
  • Appendix
  • 2 The Great Recession and Electoral Politics, 2007-2016
  • 2.1. Setting the Stage: Continuity and Change in Advanced Capitalism, 1945-2007
  • 2.2. The Global Financial Crisis, 2007-2009
  • 2.3. Governments React: Policy Responses to the Global Financial Crisis
  • 2.4. The Evolution of Tough Times: From Financial Crisis to Sovereign Debt Crisis
  • 2.5. Beyond the Economic Aggregates: The Effect of the Crisis on the Distribution of Wealth
  • 2.6. The Political Fallout: Party Systems, Electoral Volatility, and Incumbent Survival
  • 2.7. A Look Ahead
  • Part II: Public Perceptions and Policy Demands
  • 3 Breaking the Bargain? Economic Decline, Party Cues, and the Politics of Insecurity
  • 3.1. Understanding Subjective Insecurity
  • 3.1.1. Perceived Insecurity and Individual-Level Insurance Against Risk
  • 3.1.2. Perceived Insecurity in Hard Times
  • 3.2. Subjective Insecurity across the OECD after the Global Financial Crisis
  • 3.3. Multivariate Analysis
  • 3.3.1. Data and Measures
  • 3.3.2. Analysis
  • 3.4. Discussion
  • 4 Revising the Bargain? Policy Preferences After the Crisis
  • 4.1. Government Responsiveness and Public Preferences
  • 4.1.1. Micro-Protections: Skills, Labour Markets, and Wealth
  • 4.1.2. Macro-Protections: Policy Preferences and the Welfare State
  • 4.1.3. The Political Supply: Elite Cues and Policy Preferences
  • 4.2. Data and Measures
  • 4.2.1. Measuring Policy Demand and Effort
  • 4.3. Multivariate Analysis
  • 4.3.1. Data and Measures
  • 4.3.2. Analysis
  • 4.4. How do Parties Shape Preferences?
  • Part III: Political Choices in Uncertain Times
  • 5 There is No Difference? The Global Financial Crisis and Electoral Turnout
  • 5.1. Globalization, Policy Constraint, and Electoral Participation: Insights from the Literature
  • 5.2. The GFC and Voter Turnout: Further Expectations
  • 5.3. The Broad Parameters: Aggregate Turnout over Time
  • 5.4. Modelling Aggregate Turnout, 1990-2016
  • 5.4.1. Data and Measures
  • 5.4.2. Macro-Level Analysis
  • 5.5. Modelling the Decision to Vote
  • 5.6. Implications and Conclusions
  • 6 The Shock, the Recovery, and Economic Voting Before and After the Crisis

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