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Populism and Social Polarization in European Democracies
Perelman, Sergio; Pestieau, Pierre; Ginsburgh, Victor
2021In CESifo Economic Studies
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Keywords :
populism; polarization; social divide
Abstract :
[en] The objective of this paper is to explain populist attitudes that are prevailing in a number of European democracies. Populist attitudes usually lead to social protests and populist votes. We capture the populist wave by relying on values that are traditionally viewed as populist—such as distrust of institutions and neighbors, rejection of migrations and strong preferences for law and order—rather than on voting behavior. Our study covers the period 2004 to 2018 and 25 European countries for which we match aggregated indicators of populist values and social polarization based on ESS and SILC survey micro-data. We show that social polarization varies dramatically across European regions, but at the same time some convergence is observed. Our estimations confirm, in most cases, a positive and statistically significant relation between social polarization and populist attitudes.
Disciplines :
Business & economic sciences: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
Perelman, Sergio  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > HEC Liège > HEC Liège
Pestieau, Pierre  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > HEC Liège > HEC Liège
Ginsburgh, Victor;  Université Libre de Bruxelles - ULB > ECARES
Language :
English
Title :
Populism and Social Polarization in European Democracies
Publication date :
2021
Journal title :
CESifo Economic Studies
ISSN :
1610-241X
eISSN :
1612-7501
Publisher :
Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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