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Worlds of populism and worlds of welfare? : Stream session 25, Annual ESPAnet conference, Leuven, 31 August – 3 September 2021, online Up for the Future? Social policies in challenged societies

SAXONBERG, Steven and Tomáš SIROVÁTKA

Basic information

Original name

Worlds of populism and worlds of welfare? : Stream session 25, Annual ESPAnet conference, Leuven, 31 August – 3 September 2021, online Up for the Future? Social policies in challenged societies

Authors

SAXONBERG, Steven (752 Sweden, belonging to the institution) and Tomáš SIROVÁTKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

2021

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Uspořádání konference

Field of Study

50601 Political science

Country of publisher

Belgium

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14230/21:00119552

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

Keywords in English

Populism; welfare state; welfare attitudes; voting

Tags

Změněno: 9/3/2022 10:28, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Abstract

V originále

Populism is becoming an increasingly important issue for understanding the dynamics of European politics and society. The relationship between welfare attitudes and support for populism is a newly emerging field; however, much of the original attention focused on rightwing populism. Now there are an increasing number of both leftist and centrist populist parties. Considering the impact of the economic downturns – especially now with the Covid pandemic --and the ongoing welfare state retrenchment in many countries, welfare attitudes and one’s assessment of welfare state performance represent increasingly relevant area for studying. It also raises the issue on the supply side: do different types of populist parties have different types of welfare ideologies? The, papers in the stream analyze the dynamics of different types of populist parties and their interaction with different types of welfare regimes and the different types of voters, with focus on the questions like Which types of populist parties are most likely to emerge under different types of welfare regimes? What are the differences in profiles between voters of leftwing, rightwing and centrist populist parties? Do the voters of these different types of parties have different types of welfare attitudes? And what are the demographics involved? The quantitative as well as qualitative or mixed method studies focusing on this issue from either the supply or demand side are involved.

Links

GA19-12289S, research and development project
Name: Explaining the Support of New forms of Populism: the Czech Republic and Slovakia in a Comparative Perspective
Investor: Czech Science Foundation