[Séminaire général du CEE] Political Change in Hard Economic Times

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How do people respond politically to the experience of personal economic hardship? How do electorates shift in response to the eruption of economic crises: do they turn against the incumbent, reward a certain political camp, polarize to the extremes, or perhaps continue to vote much like before? In this talk I will discuss my findings from several studies, examining these questions in different settings and economic experiences. The findings highlight (1) the bifurcation of preferences among those personally hurt by crises and others; (2) the central role ideological predispositions play in shaping citizens’ responses to economic hardship; and (3) a systematic asymmetry in the way electorates punish incumbents from the left vs. the right when economic crises erupt under their watch.

Article - Electoral Responses to Economic Crises (PDF, 981 ko)

Speaker

Yotam Margalit is the Brian Mulroney Chair in Government at the School of Political Science and International Affairs at Tel Aviv University and a Professor in the Department of Political Economy at King’s College London. He specializes in comparative and international political economy.

Discussant

Jens Carstens, Sciences Po, CEE

Chair

Brenda Van Coppenolle, Sciences Po, CEE