Backlash and Realignment: Material Drivers, Beliefs, and Political Behavior

• In Event: Globalization and Democracy

Brief Overview

We explore how political reactions to material shocks are socially and culturally constructed. We investigate voter policy preferences and attitudes and connect them to voting behavior, assessing their consistency with party platforms.

Authors

• Italo Colantone, Bocconi University

• Piero Stanig, National University of Singapore