Clifford Young

Biographic Data

ID5986432
NAMEClifford Young
GIVEN NAMESClifford
FAMILY NAMEYoung
SIGNATUREYOUNG C
AFFILIATIONSIpsos
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS17
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Nativist Nation

    Clifford Young, Kirby GoidelBOOKNativist Nation2025

    This book presents nativism – the notion that foreign-born immigrants are not "real" Americans – as the leading ideological feature of American politics. Clifford Young and Kirby Goidel offer a rigorous and operational definition of nativism that, in combination with original survey data, explores public attitudes about who counts as an American. They explain the economic, demographic, and cultural circumstances that cause this condition to break…

  • Defining and validating the system is broken index

    Open AccessClifford Young, Clifford E Young et al.ARTICLESocial Science Quarterly2023Cited by: 1References: 1

    Objective : The aim of this article is to define and validate the “system is broken” index. The index measures anti‐establishment attitudes cross‐nationally. Methods : Using survey data from 25 countries, we test the reliability of the system is broken index and then demonstrate its convergent and divergent validity. Results : The results reveal that the system is broken index is a reliable and valid measure capturing perceptions that the politic…

  • The system is broken

    Open AccessKyung Suk Lee, Kirby Goidel et al.ARTICLESocial Science Quarterly2023Cited by: 2References: 48

    Objective In this article, we explore how populist beliefs and related attitudes (nativism and system‐level discontent) are associated with support for government spending across a wide range of countries and spending categories. Method Using cross‐sectional survey data spanning 18 democratic countries, we test how each of these constructs affects support for government spending on education, healthcare, social welfare, and job creation, and how …

  • Explaining Trump's Popular Support

    Open AccessClifford Young, Clifford E Young et al.ARTICLESocial Science Quarterly2019Cited by: 11References: 1

    Objective In this article, we describe the development of a Nativism Index and evaluate its validity in the U.S. context, a global sample, and over time. Our overall objective is to establish the Nativism Index as a valid and reliable measure of nativism for use in subsequent research. Method Using survey data from Ipsos Public Affairs in the United States and from the Ipsos Global Advisor for our global sample, we test the convergent and discrim…

  • The Political Consequences of Nativism

    Open AccessNicholas T Davis, Kirby Goidel et al.ARTICLESocial Science Quarterly2019Cited by: 1References: 33

    Objective Scholars have noted the increase in nativist sentiment in political debates in both the United States and across Europe. However, how these changes have affected voting behavior and political party support is less clear. In this article, we ask how relevant nativist attitudes are when making voting decisions across party systems in the United States and Europe. Are these sentiments pushing out other drivers of vote choice, and if so, wh…

  • Economic Vulnerability, Cultural Decline, and Nativism

    Open AccessNicholas T Davis, Kirby Goidel et al.ARTICLESocial Science Quarterly2019Cited by: 2References: 48

    Objective Nativism, or anti‐immigrant preferences, is increasingly evident within democratic mass publics. In this article, we explore whether economic concerns, perceptions of social decline, or some combination of the two shape these attitudes. Method Our data are comprised of more than 8,000 survey respondents from nine Western, industrial democracies (Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Spain, Sweden, and the United Stat…