The Rise and Fall of Social Democracy, 1918-2017. / Benedetto, Giacomo; Hix, Simon; Mastrorocco, Nicola.
In: American Political Science Review, Vol. 114, No. 3, 08.2020, p. 928-939.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Rise and Fall of Social Democracy, 1918-2017. / Benedetto, Giacomo; Hix, Simon; Mastrorocco, Nicola.
In: American Political Science Review, Vol. 114, No. 3, 08.2020, p. 928-939.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - The Rise and Fall of Social Democracy, 1918-2017
AU - Benedetto, Giacomo
AU - Hix, Simon
AU - Mastrorocco, Nicola
PY - 2020/8
Y1 - 2020/8
N2 - We describe the electoral history of one of Europe’s most successful party families over the past 100 years in 31 countries. With a unique and newly collected dataset of national election results, and a large number of economic and social variables measured for each country-election observation, we find that two main factors drive the electoral performance of social democratic parties: public sector spending, and the size of the manufacturing sector. Our findings suggest that most of the fall in support for social democratic parties in recent years is correlated with a decline in the number of industrial workers as well as a reduction in the propensity of social democratic parties’ core supporters (industrial workers and public sector employees) to vote for them.
AB - We describe the electoral history of one of Europe’s most successful party families over the past 100 years in 31 countries. With a unique and newly collected dataset of national election results, and a large number of economic and social variables measured for each country-election observation, we find that two main factors drive the electoral performance of social democratic parties: public sector spending, and the size of the manufacturing sector. Our findings suggest that most of the fall in support for social democratic parties in recent years is correlated with a decline in the number of industrial workers as well as a reduction in the propensity of social democratic parties’ core supporters (industrial workers and public sector employees) to vote for them.
U2 - 10.1017/S0003055420000234
DO - 10.1017/S0003055420000234
M3 - Article
VL - 114
SP - 928
EP - 939
JO - American Political Science Review
JF - American Political Science Review
SN - 1537-5943
IS - 3
ER -