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Explaining the ‘democratic malaise’ in unequal societies: Inequality, external efficacy and political trust 解释不平等社会中的“民主萎靡”:不平等、外部效能和政治信任

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European Journal of Political Research Pub Date : 2023-06-30 DOI: 10.1111/1475-6765.12611

SIMON BIENSTMAN, SVENJA HENSE, MARKUS GANGL

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Class cleavage electoral structuring in Western Europe (1871–2020) 西欧的阶级分裂选举结构（1871-2020）

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European Journal of Political Research Pub Date : 2023-06-23 DOI: 10.1111/1475-6765.12608

VINCENZO EMANUELE

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The legislative cost of ruling: Voter punishment of governing parties fuels legislator party dissent 执政的立法成本:选民对执政党的惩罚助长了立法者的不同意见

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European Journal of Political Research Pub Date : 2023-06-23 DOI: 10.1111/1475-6765.12609

TROELS BØGGILD, HELENE HELBOE PEDERSEN

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Do parties benefit from overhauling their image? The electoral consequences of ‘party rebranding’ in Europe 政党是否能从重塑形象中获益?欧洲“政党重塑”的选举后果

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European Journal of Political Research Pub Date : 2023-06-23 DOI: 10.1111/1475-6765.12607

MATTHIAS AVINA

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Stability and change in political trust: Evidence and implications from six panel studies 政治信任的稳定性和变化：来自六项小组研究的证据和启示

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European Journal of Political Research Pub Date : 2023-06-18 DOI: 10.1111/1475-6765.12606

DANIEL DEVINE, VIKTOR ORRI VALGARÐSSON

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International threats and support for European security and defence integration: Evidence from 25 countries 国际威胁和对欧洲安全和防务一体化的支持：来自25个国家的证据

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European Journal of Political Research Pub Date : 2023-06-17 DOI: 10.1111/1475-6765.12605

MATTHIAS MADER, KONSTANTIN GAVRAS, STEPHANIE C. HOFMANN, JASON REIFLER, HARALD SCHOEN, CATARINA THOMSON

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The electoral risks of austerity 财政紧缩带来的选举风险

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European Journal of Political Research Pub Date : 2023-06-13 DOI: 10.1111/1475-6765.12604

COSTIN CIOBANU

{"title":"The electoral risks of austerity","authors":"COSTIN CIOBANU","doi":"10.1111/1475-6765.12604","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1475-6765.12604","url":null,"abstract":"Does austerity influence incumbent support? Existing studies struggle with conceptualizing the evolution of austerity's impact over time, estimating a causal effect, and analysing the reactions of different voters. This study theorizes that the effect of austerity on electoral preferences is not immediate, but gradual, as voters find out about the measures' consequences via the media. It leverages a survey in the field at the time of the austerity announcement in Romania in 2010, additional survey data collected immediately after this event and comprehensive daily media coverage to show that austerity measures do not have an immediate impact on incumbent support, anticipated turnout and expressing a vote preference. Instead, there is a gradual effect that is associated with increased media attention to budgetary cuts. This natural experiment allows the estimation of the immediate causal effect of austerity on electoral intentions. Difference-in-differences (DID) models show that the announcement triggered a massive loss of support for the incumbent among those who had voted for the party in power only a few months before. Austerity also led to the demobilization of the governing party's supporters. There is no evidence that those most directly affected by the spending cuts are more likely to punish the incumbent party.","PeriodicalId":48273,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Political Research","volume":"63 1","pages":"348-369"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2023-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1475-6765.12604","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41921857","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Subjective losers of globalization 全球化的主观输家

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European Journal of Political Research Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1111/1475-6765.12603

NILS D. STEINER, MATTHIAS MADER, HARALD SCHOEN

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Mainstream parties and global warming: What determines parties’ engagement in climate protection? 主流政党与全球变暖:是什么决定了政党参与气候保护?

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European Journal of Political Research Pub Date : 2023-05-28 DOI: 10.1111/1475-6765.12602

JAKOB SCHWÖRER

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The implications of cohabitation between working age children and parents for political opinions 工作年龄子女与父母同居对政治观点的影响

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European Journal of Political Research Pub Date : 2023-05-25 DOI: 10.1111/1475-6765.12601

ALEXANDRA JABBOUR

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