Public Service Decline and Support for the Populist Right: Evidence from the National Health Service in England

The rise of the populist right has been extensively studied, yet less attention has been paid to how the delivery of core public services may drive voter support for such parties. Given that public services are often the primary means through which citizens interact with the state, we argue that declining public service performance has the potential to create grievances that reduce support for established political parties while increasing the appeal of anti-establishment populist parties.

Do Political Identities Matter at Work? The Politics of Workplace Cooperation

Do political identities influence workers’ willingness to cooperate at work? Do workers prefer copartisans over outpartisans as colleagues even at the expense of competence? This article introduces a novel theory of how political identities permeate modern workplaces in knowledge economies, where collaboration and noncognitive skills are crucial. An original survey experiment conducted in the United Kingdom reveals that workers prefer to avoid working closely with outpartisans and favour collaborating with copartisans.

Duarte Amaro

I am a DPhil candidate in Politics at the DPIR. In my doctoral thesis, I seek to explain the trajectory of European integration through the structure of domestic party competition, and especially by reference to how European integration relates to other issues in the political space. This, in turn, is a product of how salient the issue was at the time of party system formation, and can thus be explained by the historical legacy of democratisation. More generally, I am interested in party competition, European integration, and historical political economy.

 

Laura Sjoberg

Laura Sjoberg is Professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford and Official Fellow in Politics and International Relations at Exeter College. Her research addresses issues of gender and security, with focus on politically violent women, feminist war theorising, sexuality in global politics, and political methodology. She teaches, consults, and lectures on gender in global politics, and on international security. Her work has been published in more than 50 books and journals in political science, law, gender studies, international relations, and geography.

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