Lydia Savage
Biographic Data
| ID | 384069 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lydia Savage |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lydia |
| FAMILY NAME | Savage |
| SIGNATURE | SAVAGE L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Southern Maine |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1480-5040 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 214 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Does the Framing of Immigration Induce Welfare Chauvinism? The Effects of Negativity Bias and Motivated Reasoning
Should immigrants have the same access to welfare as the native population? Fuelled by the populist radical right, the notion of restricting access to benefits to native citizens – welfare chauvinism – has been increasingly prominent in political debates. But can welfare chauvinistic attitudes be induced (or attenuated) by the negative (or positive) information individuals receive about immigrants? Combining insights from research on negativity b…
Preferences for Redistribution, Welfare Chauvinism, and Radical Right Party Support in Central and Eastern Europe
Why do supporters of radical right parties in Central and Eastern Europe hold economically left-wing policy preferences? In this article, the author argues that this can be explained by welfare chauvinism. First, in ethnically heterogeneous societies, minority groups provide a plausible scapegoat for the grievances emphasized by radical right parties. Therefore, the majority population is sensitive to shifts in the status quo which accrue from po…
Negativity Bias: The Impact of Framing of Immigration on Welfare State Support in Germany, Sweden and the UK
How does the framing of immigration influence support for the welfare state? Drawing on research from psychology, specifically the notion of negativity bias and the sequencing of negative and positive information, this article argues that negative immigration frames undermine welfare support, while positive frames have little or no effect. Individuals take less notice of positive frames, and the effect of such frames is further undermined by the …
Religion, partisanship and preferences for redistribution
This article offers a new theoretical explanation of the relationship between religion and the demand for redistribution. Previous literature shows that religious individuals are less likely to favour redistribution either because (a) religion provides a substitute for state welfare provision, or (b) it adds a salient moral dimension to an individual's calculus which induces them to act contrary to their economic interests. In this article, it is…
The politics of social spending after the Great Recession: The return of partisan policy making
Prior research shows that the effect of partisanship on social expenditure declined over time in Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development (OECD) countries. In this article, the author argues that the 2007/2008 recession resulted in the reemergence of partisan policy making in social spending. This was a result of mainstream parties needing to respond to the growing challenge from nonmainstream parties as well as demonstrating that t…
How and when do presidents influence the duration of coalition bargaining in semi‐presidential systems
How and when do presidents influence the government formation process in semi‐presidential systems? Presidents have both a formal role and vested interest in the formation of the cabinet, yet their influence has been overlooked in studies of the duration of government formation. In this article, it is argued that the president's influence over government formation can be explained by his or her perceived legitimacy to act in the bargaining proces…
Party System Institutionalization and Government Formation in new Democracies
Party systems provide the essential structure of the coalition bargaining environment. Stability in party systems ensures the presence of regularities that can be observed in government formation, but most empirical research focuses on established democracies. In new democracies, party systems are less institutionalized, which means that interactions between parties can be unpredictable and has significant implications for coalition formation. Th…
Juliet Kaarbo, Coalition politics and cabinet decision making: A comparative analysis of foreign policy choices, reviewed by Lee Savage
Who gets in? Ideology and government membership in Central and Eastern Europe
Studies of government participation in established democracies demonstrate that ideological factors significantly influence whether or not a party gets into government. Thus far, research on government participation in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) indicates that ideological considerations have been insignificant. This is unexpected given what we know from the literature on parties and party systems in the region. Party systems have become mor…
A View from the Foothills: Public Engagement among Early Career Researchers
This article argues that the incentives to spend time and resources engaging with non-academic groups are largely absent for early career researchers, who are usually focused on acquiring the essential elements of a good academic CV, namely publishing articles in peer-reviewed journals, gaining teaching experience and presenting papers at disciplinary conferences. As a result, early career researchers have little reason to undertake training in h…
Party System Polarisation and Government Duration in Central and Eastern Europe
Since the transition to democracy in the early 1990s, more than 60 per cent of governments in Central and Eastern Europe have terminated prematurely. This article argues that the character of party system development in the region has facilitated the emergence of a polarised pattern of party competition and that competition for government now takes place in distinct ideological blocs. Parties seek to form governments within these blocs but not ac…
Identifying key players in the government-formation process: Strong and dominant parties in Central and Eastern Europe
Coalition governments are the norm across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). While a number of empirical studies have attempted to understand why certain governments form in the region there has, as yet, been no consideration of why certain parties emerge as the key players in the government-formation process. This paper uses two models to identify key actors in government formation in CEE: the dominant and central players model; and the portfolio…
Labouring geography: Negotiating scales, strategies and future directions
City-Regions and Social Reproduction: A 'Place' for Sustainable Development
Recent studies have suggested a city-region's competitiveness is based not only on production, but social reproduction. These issues as well as the policy measures adopted by many city-regions are frequently couched in a discourse of 'sustainable development'. But as an analytical framework how well does the concept of sustainable development account for the dynamics of social reproduction and the sustainability of a city-region? This article exa…
Justice for Janitors: Scales of Organizing and Representing Workers
Low levels of unionization in the United States have led to much attention being devoted recently to the development of new models of organizing workers. In contrast to those which dominated for most of the past half century, the models currently being embraced by many labor leaders are typically grassroots and bottom‐up in nature and call for a high level of participation by rank‐and‐file workers. The Justice for Janitors (JfJ) campaign is an ex…
Class Acts: An Anthropology of Service Workers and Their Union
Class Acts: An Anthropology of Service Workers and Their Union. E. Paul Durrenberger and Suzan Erem. Boulder: Paradigm Publishers, 2005. 216 pp
Public Sector Unions Shaping Hospital Privatization: The Creation of Boston Medical Center
In this paper the author examines, through a case study of a hospital merger in Boston, MA, the ways in which a locally scaled union strategy can shape privatization. She first examines recent economic changes in the US hospital industry, which have resulted in a record number of mergers, closures, and conversions. A case study of the merger between a public hospital, Boston City Hospital, and a private hospital, Boston University Hospital, into …
New geographies of trade unionism
Labouring geography: Negotiating scales, strategies and future directions
Negativity Bias: The Impact of Framing of Immigration on Welfare State Support in Germany, Sweden and the UK
How does the framing of immigration influence support for the welfare state? Drawing on research from psychology, specifically the notion of negativity bias and the sequencing of negative and positive information, this article argues that negative immigration frames undermine welfare support, while positive frames have little or no effect. Individuals take less notice of positive frames, and the effect of such frames is further undermined by the …
Justice for Janitors: Scales of Organizing and Representing Workers
Low levels of unionization in the United States have led to much attention being devoted recently to the development of new models of organizing workers. In contrast to those which dominated for most of the past half century, the models currently being embraced by many labor leaders are typically grassroots and bottom‐up in nature and call for a high level of participation by rank‐and‐file workers. The Justice for Janitors (JfJ) campaign is an ex…
The politics of social spending after the Great Recession: The return of partisan policy making
Prior research shows that the effect of partisanship on social expenditure declined over time in Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development (OECD) countries. In this article, the author argues that the 2007/2008 recession resulted in the reemergence of partisan policy making in social spending. This was a result of mainstream parties needing to respond to the growing challenge from nonmainstream parties as well as demonstrating that t…
Who gets in? Ideology and government membership in Central and Eastern Europe
Studies of government participation in established democracies demonstrate that ideological factors significantly influence whether or not a party gets into government. Thus far, research on government participation in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) indicates that ideological considerations have been insignificant. This is unexpected given what we know from the literature on parties and party systems in the region. Party systems have become mor…
Party System Institutionalization and Government Formation in new Democracies
Party systems provide the essential structure of the coalition bargaining environment. Stability in party systems ensures the presence of regularities that can be observed in government formation, but most empirical research focuses on established democracies. In new democracies, party systems are less institutionalized, which means that interactions between parties can be unpredictable and has significant implications for coalition formation. Th…
New geographies of trade unionism
City-Regions and Social Reproduction: A 'Place' for Sustainable Development
Recent studies have suggested a city-region's competitiveness is based not only on production, but social reproduction. These issues as well as the policy measures adopted by many city-regions are frequently couched in a discourse of 'sustainable development'. But as an analytical framework how well does the concept of sustainable development account for the dynamics of social reproduction and the sustainability of a city-region? This article exa…
Preferences for Redistribution, Welfare Chauvinism, and Radical Right Party Support in Central and Eastern Europe
Why do supporters of radical right parties in Central and Eastern Europe hold economically left-wing policy preferences? In this article, the author argues that this can be explained by welfare chauvinism. First, in ethnically heterogeneous societies, minority groups provide a plausible scapegoat for the grievances emphasized by radical right parties. Therefore, the majority population is sensitive to shifts in the status quo which accrue from po…
Party System Polarisation and Government Duration in Central and Eastern Europe
Since the transition to democracy in the early 1990s, more than 60 per cent of governments in Central and Eastern Europe have terminated prematurely. This article argues that the character of party system development in the region has facilitated the emergence of a polarised pattern of party competition and that competition for government now takes place in distinct ideological blocs. Parties seek to form governments within these blocs but not ac…
Public Sector Unions Shaping Hospital Privatization: The Creation of Boston Medical Center
In this paper the author examines, through a case study of a hospital merger in Boston, MA, the ways in which a locally scaled union strategy can shape privatization. She first examines recent economic changes in the US hospital industry, which have resulted in a record number of mergers, closures, and conversions. A case study of the merger between a public hospital, Boston City Hospital, and a private hospital, Boston University Hospital, into …
How and when do presidents influence the duration of coalition bargaining in semi‐presidential systems
How and when do presidents influence the government formation process in semi‐presidential systems? Presidents have both a formal role and vested interest in the formation of the cabinet, yet their influence has been overlooked in studies of the duration of government formation. In this article, it is argued that the president's influence over government formation can be explained by his or her perceived legitimacy to act in the bargaining proces…
Religion, partisanship and preferences for redistribution
This article offers a new theoretical explanation of the relationship between religion and the demand for redistribution. Previous literature shows that religious individuals are less likely to favour redistribution either because (a) religion provides a substitute for state welfare provision, or (b) it adds a salient moral dimension to an individual's calculus which induces them to act contrary to their economic interests. In this article, it is…
Does the Framing of Immigration Induce Welfare Chauvinism? The Effects of Negativity Bias and Motivated Reasoning
Should immigrants have the same access to welfare as the native population? Fuelled by the populist radical right, the notion of restricting access to benefits to native citizens – welfare chauvinism – has been increasingly prominent in political debates. But can welfare chauvinistic attitudes be induced (or attenuated) by the negative (or positive) information individuals receive about immigrants? Combining insights from research on negativity b…
A View from the Foothills: Public Engagement among Early Career Researchers
This article argues that the incentives to spend time and resources engaging with non-academic groups are largely absent for early career researchers, who are usually focused on acquiring the essential elements of a good academic CV, namely publishing articles in peer-reviewed journals, gaining teaching experience and presenting papers at disciplinary conferences. As a result, early career researchers have little reason to undertake training in h…
Class Acts: An Anthropology of Service Workers and Their Union
Class Acts: An Anthropology of Service Workers and Their Union. E. Paul Durrenberger and Suzan Erem. Boulder: Paradigm Publishers, 2005. 216 pp
Identifying key players in the government-formation process: Strong and dominant parties in Central and Eastern Europe
Coalition governments are the norm across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). While a number of empirical studies have attempted to understand why certain governments form in the region there has, as yet, been no consideration of why certain parties emerge as the key players in the government-formation process. This paper uses two models to identify key actors in government formation in CEE: the dominant and central players model; and the portfolio…
New geographies of trade unionism
Public Sector Unions Shaping Hospital Privatization: The Creation of Boston Medical Center
In this paper the author examines, through a case study of a hospital merger in Boston, MA, the ways in which a locally scaled union strategy can shape privatization. She first examines recent economic changes in the US hospital industry, which have resulted in a record number of mergers, closures, and conversions. A case study of the merger between a public hospital, Boston City Hospital, and a private hospital, Boston University Hospital, into …
Justice for Janitors: Scales of Organizing and Representing Workers
Low levels of unionization in the United States have led to much attention being devoted recently to the development of new models of organizing workers. In contrast to those which dominated for most of the past half century, the models currently being embraced by many labor leaders are typically grassroots and bottom‐up in nature and call for a high level of participation by rank‐and‐file workers. The Justice for Janitors (JfJ) campaign is an ex…
Class Acts: An Anthropology of Service Workers and Their Union
Class Acts: An Anthropology of Service Workers and Their Union. E. Paul Durrenberger and Suzan Erem. Boulder: Paradigm Publishers, 2005. 216 pp
City-Regions and Social Reproduction: A 'Place' for Sustainable Development
Recent studies have suggested a city-region's competitiveness is based not only on production, but social reproduction. These issues as well as the policy measures adopted by many city-regions are frequently couched in a discourse of 'sustainable development'. But as an analytical framework how well does the concept of sustainable development account for the dynamics of social reproduction and the sustainability of a city-region? This article exa…
Labouring geography: Negotiating scales, strategies and future directions
A View from the Foothills: Public Engagement among Early Career Researchers
This article argues that the incentives to spend time and resources engaging with non-academic groups are largely absent for early career researchers, who are usually focused on acquiring the essential elements of a good academic CV, namely publishing articles in peer-reviewed journals, gaining teaching experience and presenting papers at disciplinary conferences. As a result, early career researchers have little reason to undertake training in h…
Party System Polarisation and Government Duration in Central and Eastern Europe
Since the transition to democracy in the early 1990s, more than 60 per cent of governments in Central and Eastern Europe have terminated prematurely. This article argues that the character of party system development in the region has facilitated the emergence of a polarised pattern of party competition and that competition for government now takes place in distinct ideological blocs. Parties seek to form governments within these blocs but not ac…
Identifying key players in the government-formation process: Strong and dominant parties in Central and Eastern Europe
Coalition governments are the norm across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). While a number of empirical studies have attempted to understand why certain governments form in the region there has, as yet, been no consideration of why certain parties emerge as the key players in the government-formation process. This paper uses two models to identify key actors in government formation in CEE: the dominant and central players model; and the portfolio…
Juliet Kaarbo, Coalition politics and cabinet decision making: A comparative analysis of foreign policy choices, reviewed by Lee Savage
Who gets in? Ideology and government membership in Central and Eastern Europe
Studies of government participation in established democracies demonstrate that ideological factors significantly influence whether or not a party gets into government. Thus far, research on government participation in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) indicates that ideological considerations have been insignificant. This is unexpected given what we know from the literature on parties and party systems in the region. Party systems have become mor…
Party System Institutionalization and Government Formation in new Democracies
Party systems provide the essential structure of the coalition bargaining environment. Stability in party systems ensures the presence of regularities that can be observed in government formation, but most empirical research focuses on established democracies. In new democracies, party systems are less institutionalized, which means that interactions between parties can be unpredictable and has significant implications for coalition formation. Th…
How and when do presidents influence the duration of coalition bargaining in semi‐presidential systems
How and when do presidents influence the government formation process in semi‐presidential systems? Presidents have both a formal role and vested interest in the formation of the cabinet, yet their influence has been overlooked in studies of the duration of government formation. In this article, it is argued that the president's influence over government formation can be explained by his or her perceived legitimacy to act in the bargaining proces…
The politics of social spending after the Great Recession: The return of partisan policy making
Prior research shows that the effect of partisanship on social expenditure declined over time in Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development (OECD) countries. In this article, the author argues that the 2007/2008 recession resulted in the reemergence of partisan policy making in social spending. This was a result of mainstream parties needing to respond to the growing challenge from nonmainstream parties as well as demonstrating that t…
Religion, partisanship and preferences for redistribution
This article offers a new theoretical explanation of the relationship between religion and the demand for redistribution. Previous literature shows that religious individuals are less likely to favour redistribution either because (a) religion provides a substitute for state welfare provision, or (b) it adds a salient moral dimension to an individual's calculus which induces them to act contrary to their economic interests. In this article, it is…
Negativity Bias: The Impact of Framing of Immigration on Welfare State Support in Germany, Sweden and the UK
How does the framing of immigration influence support for the welfare state? Drawing on research from psychology, specifically the notion of negativity bias and the sequencing of negative and positive information, this article argues that negative immigration frames undermine welfare support, while positive frames have little or no effect. Individuals take less notice of positive frames, and the effect of such frames is further undermined by the …
Preferences for Redistribution, Welfare Chauvinism, and Radical Right Party Support in Central and Eastern Europe
Why do supporters of radical right parties in Central and Eastern Europe hold economically left-wing policy preferences? In this article, the author argues that this can be explained by welfare chauvinism. First, in ethnically heterogeneous societies, minority groups provide a plausible scapegoat for the grievances emphasized by radical right parties. Therefore, the majority population is sensitive to shifts in the status quo which accrue from po…
Does the Framing of Immigration Induce Welfare Chauvinism? The Effects of Negativity Bias and Motivated Reasoning
Should immigrants have the same access to welfare as the native population? Fuelled by the populist radical right, the notion of restricting access to benefits to native citizens – welfare chauvinism – has been increasingly prominent in political debates. But can welfare chauvinistic attitudes be induced (or attenuated) by the negative (or positive) information individuals receive about immigrants? Combining insights from research on negativity b…
Political science (16 works) · Economics (15 works) · Law (13 works) · Politics (13 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Law (11 works) · Political economy (9 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (7 works) · Labor Movements and Unions (7 works) · Geography (6 works)