Electoral Realignments in the Atlantic World

Carles Boix

doi:10.1017/9781108879170.009

Electoral Realignments in the Atlantic World

Carles Boix

Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

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Abstract

The consensual, moderate politics that characterized the golden age of democratic capitalism hasgiven way, in the past decades, to growing public dissatisfaction toward political elites, ideological polarization, and the rise of populist parties. This chapter starts by exploring theeconomic foundations of that remarkable political turnaround. It then describes the historicalsequence through which populist movements took advantage of those changes. And it concludesby discussing potential responses to the new economic and political challenges faced byadvanced economies.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Who Gets What?
Subtitle of host publication	The New Politics of Insecurity
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Pages	213-236
Number of pages	24
ISBN (Electronic)	9781108879170
ISBN (Print)	9781108840200
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108879170.009
State	Published - Jan 1 2021

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General Social Sciences
General Arts and Humanities
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Keywords

Democratic capitalism
Elections
ICTs
Technological change

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