Data di Pubblicazione:
2021
Citazione:
Geographies of Discontent: Regional Industrial Decline and Satisfaction with Democracy / A.M.T. Jeannet, C. Allegri, P. Maneuvrier-Hervieu. ((Intervento presentato al convegno European Consortium for Political Research: Joint Sessions tenutosi a Online nel 2021.
Abstract:
This article aims to investigate how exposure to regional industrial decline has affected citizens’ satisfaction with democracy. Previous research has
investigated the impact of macro-economic fluctuations on citizen satisfaction with democracy yet the role of permanent economic structural changes
is overlooked. We advance a theoretical framework positing that, due to our
industrial past, positive citizen assessments of democracy have become contingent upon improving living standards and availability of industrial work.
We also conceptualize regions as a source of contextual exposure to deindustrialization, which is independent from a person’s occupation or social
class. To empirically test this, we estimate the impact of regional industrial
decline on citizen satisfaction with democracy by exploiting its regional and
temporal variation in Europe using Eurobarometer data (1983-2017). The
findings are consistent with the predictions of economic performance theory,
whereby individuals who have been exposed to a regional decline in industry
are less satisfied with democracy even when taking into account social class
or other relevant individual attributes. We corroborate this finding by applying an instrumental variable approach using the spatial location of historical
coal fields and carboniferous geological strata as a an instrument for regional
deindustrialization. Our findings imply that democratic discontent brought
about by industrial decline is not only a working class phenomenon and that
economic restructuring has diffuse effects at the regional level.
Tipologia IRIS:
14 - Intervento a convegno non pubblicato
Elenco autori:
A.M.T. Jeannet, C. Allegri, P. Maneuvrier-Hervieu
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