Money, Migration and McDonalds : Globalization Attitudes and Their Political Consequences
Cultural values have become an increasingly important predictor of vote choice in many advanced democracies. Positions on the cultural dimension and the support of populist movements – including Trump and Brexit – have been widely linked with the ‘winners and losers’ of globalization. While much research has examined the economic consequences of globalization and the impact of those on political values and choices, many commentators have implicated a feeling of hostility to the process of globalization itself. While this seems a plausible narrative, very little is known about attitudes towards globalization. In other words, are voters simply unhappy with their lot, or do they consciously dislike globalization, and if so, which aspects? In this paper we develop an index of attitudes towards globalization which taps into difference facets of the phenomena including attitudes towards global travel, communication, trade, culture, consumption, international organisations, and migration. We find that voters hold reasonably coherent attitudes towards globalization but that while liberal-authoritarian values and populist attitudes are moderately correlated with attitudes towards cultural aspects of globalization especially migration, they are barely correlated with economic aspects. Thus, rather than reflecting a dislike of globalization in general, it would be more accurate to describe the link with cultural values and populism as being driven by a dislike of migration
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2023
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Authors: | Fieldhouse, Edward A. ; Prosser, Christopher ; Mellon, Jonathan |
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[S.l.] : SSRN |
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freely available
Extent: | 1 Online-Ressource (35 p) |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments January 4, 2023 erstellt |
Other identifiers: | 10.2139/ssrn.4317600 [DOI] |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014263344
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