TY - JOUR
T1 - Young and Temporary
T2 - Youth Employment Insecurity and Support for Right-Wing Populist Parties in Europe
AU - Zagórski, Piotr
AU - Rama, Jose
AU - Cordero, Guillermo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2019. Published by Government and Opposition Limited and Cambridge University Press.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The recent success of right-wing populist parties (RPPs) in Europe has given rise to different explanations. Economic factors have proven to be significant mainly at the aggregate level. As for the individual level, it has been argued that the so-called 'losers of globalization' - the less educated and less skilled, profiles with higher job insecurity - are more likely to support RPPs. Nevertheless, RPPs perform strikingly well in countries less affected by the Great Recession, gathering high levels of support among profiles not considered the losers of globalization. Moreover, the effect of age on support for RPPs is not clear, as, on the one hand, the young are better educated and skilled, but, on the other, they suffered the effects of the economic crisis more. To address this puzzle, we focus on the impact of unemployment and employment insecurity among the youth on voting for RPPs in 17 European countries. We find that youth support for RPPs can be explained by the precariousness of the youth labour market.
AB - The recent success of right-wing populist parties (RPPs) in Europe has given rise to different explanations. Economic factors have proven to be significant mainly at the aggregate level. As for the individual level, it has been argued that the so-called 'losers of globalization' - the less educated and less skilled, profiles with higher job insecurity - are more likely to support RPPs. Nevertheless, RPPs perform strikingly well in countries less affected by the Great Recession, gathering high levels of support among profiles not considered the losers of globalization. Moreover, the effect of age on support for RPPs is not clear, as, on the one hand, the young are better educated and skilled, but, on the other, they suffered the effects of the economic crisis more. To address this puzzle, we focus on the impact of unemployment and employment insecurity among the youth on voting for RPPs in 17 European countries. We find that youth support for RPPs can be explained by the precariousness of the youth labour market.
KW - Europe
KW - employment insecurity
KW - populism
KW - right-wing populist parties
KW - voting behaviour
KW - youth
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85073680482
U2 - 10.1017/gov.2019.28
DO - 10.1017/gov.2019.28
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85073680482
SN - 0017-257X
VL - 56
SP - 405
EP - 426
JO - Government and Opposition
JF - Government and Opposition
IS - 3
ER -
