Racism, xenophobia, and distribution : multi-issue politics in advanced democracies / John E. Roemer, Woojin Lee, Karine Van der Straeten.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roemer, John E.

Contributor:

Lee, Woojin.

Straeten, Karine van der.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Income distribution--Mathematical models.

Income distribution.

Racism--Mathematical models.

Racism.

Xenophobia--Mathematical models.

Xenophobia.

Political science--Mathematical models.

Political science.

Income distribution--Case studies.

Mathematical models.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xii, 409 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Russell Sage Foundation ; Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007.

Summary:

advances, the book yields fascinating insights into how politicians exploit social issues to advance their economic agenda.

Contents:

2 Political Equilibrium: Theory and Application 14

2.1 The Data 14

2.2 Characterization of PUNE as a System of Equations 17

2.3 The Probability-of-Victory Function 20

2.4 Factional Bargaining Powers 22

2.5 The Three-Party Model 27

2.6 First Application: The Logarithmic Utility Function 28

2.7 Second Application: The Euclidean Utility Function 36

3 History of Racial Politics in the United States 41

3.2 Race and American Exceptionalism 44

3.3 Issue Evolution 46

3.4 The Dixiecrats 49

3.5 The Presidential Election of 1964 and Its Aftermath 56

3.6 The Reagan Democrats 61

3.7 Race, Class, and Welfare Reform in the 1990s 64

4 United States: Quantitative Analysis 68

4.2 Recovering Voter Racism from Survey Data 69

4.3 Estimation of the Model's Parameters 92

4.4 Numerical Solution of the Log Utility Model 113

4.5 The Euclidean Function Approach 123

5 History of Racism and Xenophobia in the United Kingdom 130

5.2 Immigration in Britain 135

5.3 An Issue of "High Potential" 138

5.4 From Powell to Thatcher: Challenging the Consensus 148

5.5 The Rise of Thatcher and the Breakdown of the Consensus of Silence 153

5.6 Immigration in the 1990s and Beyond 159

6 United Kingdom: Quantitative Analysis 166

6.2 Minorities, Race, and Class Politics in the UK 168

6.3 Estimation of Parameters 173

6.4 The PBE and ASE: Computation 180

7 Immigration: A Challenge to Tolerant Denmark 191

7.2 The Early Years: Guest Workers and Their Families 192

7.3 The Eighties: The Emergence of Refugees 195

7.4 The Nineties: Xenophobia Emerges, Front and Center 197

7.5 No Longer Marginal: The Far Right and the Election of 2001 202

8 Denmark: Quantitative Analysis 205

8.1 Parties and Issues 205

8.2 Estimation of the Model's Parameters 210

8.3 Political Equilibrium: Observation and Prediction 226

8.4 The Policy-Bundle and Antisolidarity Effects: Computation 230

9 Immigration and the Political Institutionalization of Xenophobia in France 237

9.2 Immigration in France: A Brief Sketch 238

9.3 The Politicization of Immigration 243

9.4 The Rise of Le Pen 246

9.5 The Mainstreaming of Xenophobia 247

9.6 The 1988 Presidential Election 250

9.7 Xenophobia Remains in the Headlines 252

9.8 Conventional Politics Return as a New Cleavage Is Born 254

10 France: Quantitative Analysis 265

10.1 Parties and Voter Opinion 265

10.2 Political Equilibrium with Three Parties 268

10.3 Estimation of Model Parameters 273

10.4 Political Equilibrium: Observation and Prediction 289

10.5 The Policy-Bundle and Antisolidarity Effects: Computation 303

11.1 The Rise of the New Right Movement 307

11.2 Recapitulation 308

11.3 The Log Utility Function Approach 312

11.4 The Euclidean Utility Function Approach 314

11.5 Limitations 318

Appendix A Statistical Methods 323.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-393) and index.

ISBN:

9780674024953

0674024958

OCLC:

76481577