Mini-Conference on Politics in Post-industrial Societies III: Place, Identity, and Grievances amidst Economic Crises

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 third panel explores how the effects of economic crises and re-structuring (re-)shape electoral choices and political identities across space, place, and the left-right political spectrum. Jeannet and Maneuvrier-Hervieu evaluate whether manufacturing job loss over the long-run has benefited the Republican party and its recent populist leader Trump; Lunz Trujillo then delves deeper into the connections between rural social identity, class, and Trump support. Cremaschi et al take up these themes of economic re-structuring and place to examine of how olive grove extermination has contributed to the success of the far right in Italy. By identifying the political realignments that follow economic crises and downturns, Margalit and Solodoch’s cross-national analysis of elections held in 22 countries over half a century place the more recent surges of right-wing parties in a comparative context.

Sub Unit

• Division 11: Comparative Politics

Individual Presentations

• Decoupling Rural Identity from the American White Working Class - Kristin Kay Lunz Trujillo, Boston College

• The Political Geography of Manufacturing Decline in the US (1980-2016) - Anne Jeannet, University of Milan; Paul Maneuvrier-Hervieu, University of Milan

• Electoral Reactions to Economic Crises - Yotam Margalit, Tel Aviv University; Omer Solodoch, University of Pennsylvania

• Without Roots: How Olive Grove Extermination Strengthened the Far Right in Italy - Simone Cremaschi, Bocconi University; Catherine E. De Vries, Bocconi University

Chair

• Daphne Halikiopoulou University of York

Discussant

• Katherine J Cramer University of Wisconsin, Madison