Does a Nationalist Card Make for a Weak Hand
Economic Decline and Shared Pain
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6341065 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shlomo Bloom (0000-0003-1787-4399, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA, corresponding author), Stephen Bloom (0000-0002-0029-7348) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 166-178 |
| Publication date | 2012-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Research Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1065-9129 • E-ISSN: 1938-274X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1065912910388187 |
| OpenAlex | W2025745361 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 48 |
This article tests theories of group threat, competition, contact, and shared pain. The author argues that economic downturns undermine rather than increase support for prejudice. The absolute pain of a recession is felt by all groups in society, even if the relative costs are often distributed unevenly across groups. While nationalists can scapegoat minorities for economic woes, competing elites have incentives to adopt economic frames that focus on individual suffering. Empirical support comes from a subnational research design that includes quantitative data from Latvia’s 565 localities and from a qualitative analysis of the framing techniques adopted by Latvian political parties
Economics · Focus group · Framing (construction · Incentive · Latvian · Market economy · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Qualitative property · Recession · Scapegoat · Sociology · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Political Conflict and Governance · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.7 |
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| Citation span | 2016 - 2023 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |