Globalization and Mass Politics: Retaining the Room to Maneuver

This book analyzes how increases in international trade, finance, and production have altered voter decisions, political party positions, and the types of public issues that parties focus on in postindustrial democracies. Although many studies interrogate whether internationalization matters in regard to policy outcomes and how globalization relates to mass protest, few examine globalization and mass politics more generally. This book argues that by reducing the room in which to maneuver in policy making, globalization reduces the importance of economic-based issues while increasing the electoral importance of noneconomic issues. The argument is tested on original and existing data sources.

Author: Timothy Hellwig
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 10/06/2016
Pages: 226
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d
ISBN: 9781107427723

About the Author
Hellwig, Timothy: - Timothy Hellwig is an Associate Professor of Political Science and the Director of the Institute for European Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington. His work has been published in several peer-reviewed journals, including the American Journal of Political Science, the British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, and the Journal of Politics. He has previously served as a researcher at the International Foundation for Election Systems, with the faculty at the University of Houston, and as a visiting researcher at the University of Essex and at Gothenburg University.