Mini-Conference on Politics in Post-industrial Societies IV: Perceptions, Preferences & Partisanship in Diverse Societies

Session Submission Type: Created Panel

Part of Mini-Conference

• Mini-Conference on Politics in Post-industrial Societies

Session Description

Mini-conference “Changing Cleavages, New Grievances: Politics in Post-Industrial Societies”

The fourth panel examines the consequences of demographic and societal changes, focusing on how perceptions about ethnic and religious minority presence, combined with socio-cultural and -economic issues more generally, shape partisanship and political preferences. By analyzing how citizens position parties on key social, cultural, and economic dimensions cross-nationally, Dassonneville et al deepen understanding of the ways in which party positions and the restructuring of party competition shape party attachments. Ivarslaten et al delve deeper into the social and cultural dynamics of party competition by investigating when and why democratic actors misread public opinion about Muslim minority presence and inclusion. Magni and Ponce de Leon explore the ways in which individual-level traits of immigrants shape attitudes towards ethnic minority belonging and deportation, Campion interrogates the ways in which the demographic and economic characteristics of a local area shape preferences for ethnic minority representation among its ethnic majority residents.

Sub Unit

• Division 11: Comparative Politics

Individual Presentations

• Voters' Perceptions of Parties’ Positions and Partisanship - Ruth Dassonneville, KU Leuven; Patrick Fournier, Universite de Montreal; Zeynep Somer-Topcu, University of Texas at Austin

• Out of Touch? Elite Readings of Public Opinion about Muslim Inclusion - Ingrid Faleide, University of Bergen; Paul M. Sniderman, Stanford University; Elisabeth Ivarsflaten, University of Bergen

• Spatial Inequalities and Majority Preferences for Ethnic Minority Candidates - Selene Campion, University of Utah

Chair

• Alexander Kuo University of Oxford

Discussant

• Tarik Abou-Chadi University of Oxford