Insider-outsider representation and social democratic labor market policy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4237451 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Reto Bürgisser (0000-0001-5913-6808, Institute of Political Science, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland and Department of Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, corresponding author), Thomas Kurer (0000-0003-2339-6282, Harvard University) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 1065-1094 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Socio-Economic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1475-1461 • E-ISSN: 1475-147X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ser/mwz040 |
| OpenAlex | W2965604956 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 54 |
Postindustrialization and occupational change considerably complicate partisan politics of the welfare state. This article asks about the determinants of contemporary social democratic labor market policy. We argue that the composition of their support base is a critical constraint and empirically demonstrate that the actual electoral clout of different voter segments decisively affects policy outcomes under left government. We calculate the electoral relevance of two crucial subgroups of the social democratic coalition, labor market insiders and outsiders, in 19 European democracies and combine these indicators with original data capturing the specific content of labor market reforms. The analysis reveals considerable levels of responsiveness and demonstrates that relative electoral relevance is consistently related to policy outcomes. Social democratic governments with a stronger support base among the atypically employed push labor market reforms on their behalf-and vice versa. Our findings have important implications for our understanding of policy-making in postindustrial societies
Constraint (computer-aided design · Corporatism · Democracy · Economics · Economy · Government (linguistics · Insider · Labour economics · Market economy · Payroll · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Post-industrial society · Relevance (law · Social policy · Welfare state · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies
Automation Risk, Social Policy Preferences, and Political Participation
‘Dual’ labour market? Patterns of segmentation in European labour markets and the varieties of precariousness
Insiders under pressure
What Explains the Electoral Crisis of Social Democracy? A Systematic Review of the Literature
Seeking a way in/resisting a way out
The politics of pro-outsider labour market reforms
Who represents outsiders? A comparative study of The Netherlands, Ireland, and Sweden
Government ideology and labour policy reform in good times and bad
Between the territory and the legacies
The micro-foundations of social democratic welfare chauvinism and inclusion
Under pressure. Economic constraints, electoral politics and labour market reforms in Southern Europe in the decade of the Great Recession
Labor Market Outsiders, the Self-Employed, and Partisan Politics
Working poverty, nonstandard employment and political inclusion
Who still likes social democracy? The support base of social democratic parties reconsidered
The partisan politics of employment protection legislation
Doubly disadvantaged
Comparing Capitalisms
Class Politics and the Radical Right
The Transformation of European Social Democracy
Redrawing the Class Map
The Skill Content of Recent Technological Change
The Politics of Welfare State Reform in Continental Europe
Who Votes Now?
Varieties Of Dualization?
Investigating Welfare State Change
The Origins of Active Social Policy
Social Democracy Inside Out
The Politics of Advanced Capitalism
High-skilled outsiders? Labor market vulnerability, education and welfare state preferences
Are social democratic parties insider parties? Electoral strategies of social democratic parties in Western Europe in the age of dualization
Party governments, clientelistic reforms, and varying levels of political constraints
The Changing Shape of Class Voting
The Quiet Paradigm Revolution of Social Investment
Mixing apples with oranges? Partisanship and active labour market policies in Europe
The decline of the working-class vote, the reconfiguration of the welfare support coalition and consequences for the welfare state
Who is in and who is out? A risk-based conceptualization of insiders and outsiders
Barriers to entry
Flexible employment, economic insecurity and social policy preferences in Europe
Sharing the Risk? Households, Labor Market Vulnerability, and Social Policy Preferences in Western Europe
The missing left? Economic crisis and the programmatic response of social democratic parties in Europe
Electoral competition in Europe's new tripolar political space
Catchall or Catch and Release? The Electoral Consequences of Social Democratic Parties’ March to the Middle in Western Europe
When Supply Creates Demand
The Electoral Appeal of Party Strategies in Postindustrial Societies
How Much Should We Trust Estimates from Multiplicative Interaction Models? Simple Tools to Improve Empirical Practice
Who’s Cueing Whom
The declining electoral relevance of traditional cleavage groups
Labour market risks and political preferences
Turnout in Electoral Democracies
Risks and Redistribution
Time-Series–cross-Sectiondata
Issue Ownership in Presidential Elections, with a 1980 Case Study
Setting the Party Agenda
The Insider–Outsider Dilemma
Understanding Change and Stability in Party Ideologies
Who Responds? Voters, Parties and Issue Attention
Social Democracy and Active Labour-Market Policies
The politics of social status
What To Do (and Not to Do) with Time-Series Cross-Section Data
Political parties and non-standard employment
Labour market disadvantage, political orientations and voting
Issue salience, issue ownership, and issue-based vote choice
Where the Votes Come From
Dynamic Representation
Insider-Outsider Politics in Industrialized Democracies
Outsiders at the ballot box
The Political Economy of Active Labor-Market Policy
Institutionalizing Dualism
| Unique citing works | 17 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,83 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |