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. 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. 2021.

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

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Organization of a conference
• Field of Study: 50601 Political science
• Country of publisher: Belgium
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14230/21:00119552
• Organization unit: Faculty of Social Studies
• Keywords in English: Populism; welfare state; welfare attitudes; voting
• Tags: rivok

Abstract

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