Party Politics, Ahead of Print.
Although extensive research has analyzed the factors that moderate economic self-interest—the relationship between individuals’ income position and their preferences for redistribution—there is little crossnational research that analyzes the role of political parties. This article argues that political parties play a considerable moderating role in (de-)activating economic self-interest based on the polarization they display in their economic and cultural positions. By combining the World/European Values Survey, the World Income Inequality Database, and the Comparative Manifesto Project datasets, the analyses estimate the moderating effect of party polarization on economic self-interest. The results suggest that economic polarization enhances self-interest for the poor (respondents below the mean income), even when controlling for income inequality, but not for the rich. Moreover, cultural polarization also appears to reinforce self-interest for the poor, rather than supplanting it. The findings have important implications regarding ability for political parties to activate issues among the public.
Euphemistic Rhetoric and Dysphemistic Practices: Governing Migration in Mexico
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‘Can Subaltern Speak?’: Discourse Without Considering Caste an Exploitative Institution
Contemporary Voice of Dalit, Ahead of Print.
Gramsci’s idea of Subaltern was applied by Indian subaltern study groups to analyse the struggle of the marginalized. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak raises the question of whether subalterns can speak considering their position in society. In contradictory, the social reform movement suggest they can speak about building their capabilities. The social reformers, such as Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj and Dr Ambedkar fought against caste and gender-based discrimination giving importance to empowering the marginalized through various ways and means. Education was considered the most effective tool to create consciousness about suffering and pain. The idea of justice is all about the pain and pleasure that once pain gives pleasure to the oppressor which was identified by these social reformers who worked to ensure justice by challenging the oppressive system. However, Spivak misses this perspective in the debates. Her arguments focus on gender, from a class perspective and consciously ignore the caste angel. The question she raises leads to a discussion on the basic idea of subaltern and marginalized groups. This article presents a critical discussion on the idea of ‘subaltern’ and its arguments.
Gramsci’s idea of Subaltern was applied by Indian subaltern study groups to analyse the struggle of the marginalized. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak raises the question of whether subalterns can speak considering their position in society. In contradictory, the social reform movement suggest they can speak about building their capabilities. The social reformers, such as Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj and Dr Ambedkar fought against caste and gender-based discrimination giving importance to empowering the marginalized through various ways and means. Education was considered the most effective tool to create consciousness about suffering and pain. The idea of justice is all about the pain and pleasure that once pain gives pleasure to the oppressor which was identified by these social reformers who worked to ensure justice by challenging the oppressive system. However, Spivak misses this perspective in the debates. Her arguments focus on gender, from a class perspective and consciously ignore the caste angel. The question she raises leads to a discussion on the basic idea of subaltern and marginalized groups. This article presents a critical discussion on the idea of ‘subaltern’ and its arguments.
The dual challenge of distributive politics in multilevel systems: the local allocation of EU funding in Polish Regional Operational Programmes
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The dual challenge of distributive politics in multilevel systems: the local allocation of EU funding in Polish Regional Operational Programmes
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Out of the dark night: essays on decolonization
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Being European, the nationalist way: Europe in the discourse of radical right parties
Party Politics, Ahead of Print.
European radical right parties (RRPs) have recently experienced strong electoral success and have strengthened their positions within the European Parliament. While their Eurosceptic positions are well documented in the literature, the fact that most RRPs refer not only to their nations but to Europe in general, as a collective, in order to ground their nationalist visions remains understudied. We investigate this issue by analyzing the discourses of MEPs from 24 radical right parties in the 8th legislature of the European Parliament (2014–2019). Relying on a vast corpus (36,413 speeches) and using quantitative text analysis, this research sheds light on the various notions of Europe that are used by radical right MEPs. We find evidence of three visions of Europe: as a civilization; as an ethno-religious community; and as a liberal society. The use and preferences for each visions vary according to ideological positions, strategies and national contexts.
European radical right parties (RRPs) have recently experienced strong electoral success and have strengthened their positions within the European Parliament. While their Eurosceptic positions are well documented in the literature, the fact that most RRPs refer not only to their nations but to Europe in general, as a collective, in order to ground their nationalist visions remains understudied. We investigate this issue by analyzing the discourses of MEPs from 24 radical right parties in the 8th legislature of the European Parliament (2014–2019). Relying on a vast corpus (36,413 speeches) and using quantitative text analysis, this research sheds light on the various notions of Europe that are used by radical right MEPs. We find evidence of three visions of Europe: as a civilization; as an ethno-religious community; and as a liberal society. The use and preferences for each visions vary according to ideological positions, strategies and national contexts.
Trapped in (In)visibility: Contested Intercorporeality in Undocumented migrants’ Lives
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The Prosaic Stateness of Secularism: Diversity, Incoherence and Divergence in the Application of laïcité
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