Tabea Palmtag
Biographic Data
| ID | 359906 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tabea Palmtag |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tabea |
| FAMILY NAME | Palmtag |
| SIGNATURE | PALMTAG T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Zurich |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4725-2136 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
‘Undeserving winners’ or ‘undeserved losers’? Two types of societal discontent and their relation to vote choice
Normative evaluations of shifts in social hierarchies have emerged as a central factor in understanding recent electoral transformations. In particular, far right supporters have been shown to resent challenges to the traditional social order championed by the progressive left. In this paper, we theorise and study a still more fundamental difference in the social discontent expressed by these political camps. While far right supporters tend to re…
Local Economic Consequences of Foreign Direct Investment in Democracies and Autocracies
Governments in developing and emerging countries aim to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) to generate growth. Yet, empirical studies on the country level show no clear growth effect. We argue that FDI induces concentrated benefits on the local level—in close proximity to multinational corporations—which leads to economic development in that area but also amplifies inter-regional economic inequality. Both effects should be stronger in autocr…
Narratives of Backlash? Perceptions of Changing Status Hierarchies in Open-Ended Survey Responses
It is widely accepted in political science – and remarkably established in public discourse – that status anxieties fuel a far right backlash against progressive politics. This narrative suggests that right-wing conservatives perceive the status of women, racial, or sexual minorities as threatening. Using open-ended survey questions fielded in Germany, we show that women and minorities indeed figure in people’s perceptions of status hierarchies, …
The Role of Education in Shaping Political Participation Among Young Voters
This study investigates how education shapes political participation among young voters in Switzerland's direct democratic system, focusing on the turnout gap between highly and less‐educated individuals. Using registry data from the Canton of Zurich, we analyze participation patterns by educational track, gender, citizenship status, family political background, and vote salience. Our findings reveal a persistent turnout gap: young voters in high…
Beyond economic development? Foreign direct investment and pre-election violence
Incumbents who resort to violence in efforts to secure their hold on power have been a major challenge for sub-Saharan Africa. At the same time, opening up domestic markets to international capital in the form of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has provided governments with more resources to garner the support of their citizens. How are these developments related? We argue that FDI reduces the likelihood that incumbents use violence in competitiv…
Politicizing Inequality in Times of Sociocultural Conflict
The antagonism between far right and new left parties has transformed West European politics through increasing sociocultural conflict. We ask what this new cleavage implies for the politicization of inequalities. We contrast two diverging theoretical expectations. The first expects a tradeoff between sociocultural and socioeconomic inequalities, with new left voters emphasizing the former over the latter, and vice versa for far right voters. The…
The unequal effect of economic development on perceived labor market risks and welfare
Economic development and accompanying structural changes of the economy create new opportunities, however not everywhere and not for everyone. Development increases the demand for skilled labor, improving their welfare perceptions, but low-skilled workers feel more insecure and worse off economically. This adverse effect results from a mismatch between local labor demand and individual skill sets. To measure the development levels of people's loc…
When Group Appeals Backfire
Group-based identities are an important basis of political competition. Politicians consciously appeal to specific social groups, and these group-based appeals often improve the evaluation of parties and candidates. Studying place-based appeals, we advance the understanding of this strategy by distinguishing between dominant and subordinate social groups. Using two survey experiments in Germany and England, we show that group appeals improve cand…
International Trade and Public Protest
How does economic globalization influence domestic political stability? Building on innovations in trade theory, we argue that international trade amplifies political discontent and protest in contexts in which trade losers concentrate, but has a pacifying effect in contexts dominated by beneficiaries of free trade. We examine this argument focusing on variation in Russian regions. Using negative binomial regression models on data from 2007 to 20…
Accountability and opposition to globalization in international assemblies
Advocates of a global democratic parliament have expressed hopes that this would not only legitimize global governance in procedural terms, but also bring about more cosmopolitan policies. They point to the European Parliament as an example of a successful real existing democratic parliament beyond the state with cosmopolitan intent. We analyse plenary debates in the United Nations General Assembly and the European Parliament about the issues of …
When Group Appeals Backfire
Group-based identities are an important basis of political competition. Politicians consciously appeal to specific social groups, and these group-based appeals often improve the evaluation of parties and candidates. Studying place-based appeals, we advance the understanding of this strategy by distinguishing between dominant and subordinate social groups. Using two survey experiments in Germany and England, we show that group appeals improve cand…
International Trade and Public Protest
How does economic globalization influence domestic political stability? Building on innovations in trade theory, we argue that international trade amplifies political discontent and protest in contexts in which trade losers concentrate, but has a pacifying effect in contexts dominated by beneficiaries of free trade. We examine this argument focusing on variation in Russian regions. Using negative binomial regression models on data from 2007 to 20…
Accountability and opposition to globalization in international assemblies
Advocates of a global democratic parliament have expressed hopes that this would not only legitimize global governance in procedural terms, but also bring about more cosmopolitan policies. They point to the European Parliament as an example of a successful real existing democratic parliament beyond the state with cosmopolitan intent. We analyse plenary debates in the United Nations General Assembly and the European Parliament about the issues of …
Politicizing Inequality in Times of Sociocultural Conflict
The antagonism between far right and new left parties has transformed West European politics through increasing sociocultural conflict. We ask what this new cleavage implies for the politicization of inequalities. We contrast two diverging theoretical expectations. The first expects a tradeoff between sociocultural and socioeconomic inequalities, with new left voters emphasizing the former over the latter, and vice versa for far right voters. The…
Local Economic Consequences of Foreign Direct Investment in Democracies and Autocracies
Governments in developing and emerging countries aim to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) to generate growth. Yet, empirical studies on the country level show no clear growth effect. We argue that FDI induces concentrated benefits on the local level—in close proximity to multinational corporations—which leads to economic development in that area but also amplifies inter-regional economic inequality. Both effects should be stronger in autocr…
The unequal effect of economic development on perceived labor market risks and welfare
Economic development and accompanying structural changes of the economy create new opportunities, however not everywhere and not for everyone. Development increases the demand for skilled labor, improving their welfare perceptions, but low-skilled workers feel more insecure and worse off economically. This adverse effect results from a mismatch between local labor demand and individual skill sets. To measure the development levels of people's loc…
Accountability and opposition to globalization in international assemblies
Advocates of a global democratic parliament have expressed hopes that this would not only legitimize global governance in procedural terms, but also bring about more cosmopolitan policies. They point to the European Parliament as an example of a successful real existing democratic parliament beyond the state with cosmopolitan intent. We analyse plenary debates in the United Nations General Assembly and the European Parliament about the issues of …
International Trade and Public Protest
How does economic globalization influence domestic political stability? Building on innovations in trade theory, we argue that international trade amplifies political discontent and protest in contexts in which trade losers concentrate, but has a pacifying effect in contexts dominated by beneficiaries of free trade. We examine this argument focusing on variation in Russian regions. Using negative binomial regression models on data from 2007 to 20…
The unequal effect of economic development on perceived labor market risks and welfare
Economic development and accompanying structural changes of the economy create new opportunities, however not everywhere and not for everyone. Development increases the demand for skilled labor, improving their welfare perceptions, but low-skilled workers feel more insecure and worse off economically. This adverse effect results from a mismatch between local labor demand and individual skill sets. To measure the development levels of people's loc…
When Group Appeals Backfire
Group-based identities are an important basis of political competition. Politicians consciously appeal to specific social groups, and these group-based appeals often improve the evaluation of parties and candidates. Studying place-based appeals, we advance the understanding of this strategy by distinguishing between dominant and subordinate social groups. Using two survey experiments in Germany and England, we show that group appeals improve cand…
Local Economic Consequences of Foreign Direct Investment in Democracies and Autocracies
Governments in developing and emerging countries aim to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) to generate growth. Yet, empirical studies on the country level show no clear growth effect. We argue that FDI induces concentrated benefits on the local level—in close proximity to multinational corporations—which leads to economic development in that area but also amplifies inter-regional economic inequality. Both effects should be stronger in autocr…
Narratives of Backlash? Perceptions of Changing Status Hierarchies in Open-Ended Survey Responses
It is widely accepted in political science – and remarkably established in public discourse – that status anxieties fuel a far right backlash against progressive politics. This narrative suggests that right-wing conservatives perceive the status of women, racial, or sexual minorities as threatening. Using open-ended survey questions fielded in Germany, we show that women and minorities indeed figure in people’s perceptions of status hierarchies, …
The Role of Education in Shaping Political Participation Among Young Voters
This study investigates how education shapes political participation among young voters in Switzerland's direct democratic system, focusing on the turnout gap between highly and less‐educated individuals. Using registry data from the Canton of Zurich, we analyze participation patterns by educational track, gender, citizenship status, family political background, and vote salience. Our findings reveal a persistent turnout gap: young voters in high…
Beyond economic development? Foreign direct investment and pre-election violence
Incumbents who resort to violence in efforts to secure their hold on power have been a major challenge for sub-Saharan Africa. At the same time, opening up domestic markets to international capital in the form of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has provided governments with more resources to garner the support of their citizens. How are these developments related? We argue that FDI reduces the likelihood that incumbents use violence in competitiv…
Politicizing Inequality in Times of Sociocultural Conflict
The antagonism between far right and new left parties has transformed West European politics through increasing sociocultural conflict. We ask what this new cleavage implies for the politicization of inequalities. We contrast two diverging theoretical expectations. The first expects a tradeoff between sociocultural and socioeconomic inequalities, with new left voters emphasizing the former over the latter, and vice versa for far right voters. The…
‘Undeserving winners’ or ‘undeserved losers’? Two types of societal discontent and their relation to vote choice
Normative evaluations of shifts in social hierarchies have emerged as a central factor in understanding recent electoral transformations. In particular, far right supporters have been shown to resent challenges to the traditional social order championed by the progressive left. In this paper, we theorise and study a still more fundamental difference in the social discontent expressed by these political camps. While far right supporters tend to re…
Economics (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (4 works) · Democracy (3 works) · International Development and Aid (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Sociology (3 works)