Do Parties "Playing the Race Card" Undermine Natives' Support for Redistribution? Evidence From Europe. Schmidt, A. W. & Spies, D. C. Comparative Political Studies, 47(4):519--549, 2014. 422doi abstract bibtex In this article, we address the question of whether the policy statements of political parties with regard to migration affect the link between individual anti-immigrant sentiment and support for redistributive policies. While the effect of political parties “playing the race card” is well documented and repeatedly discussed in the American context, it has received little attention in comparative studies. We test our measurements of issue-salience with regard to migration and welfare-related matters by conducting multilevel models for a sample of 14 European countries. We also control for the potential effects of the countries' welfare regimes—which is so far the most prominent contextual variable. Our results strongly indicate a moderating party-effect: The more parties accentuate crucial migration issues, the less general support there is for welfare programs by native anti-immigrant groups. In contrast, we find no effect of the repeatedly discussed welfare regime on this relationship, once controlled for party statements. Keywords welfare chauvinism, redistribution, migration, party discourse, welfare state, multilevel analysis, European Social Survey
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title = {Do {Parties} "{Playing} the {Race} {Card}" {Undermine} {Natives}' {Support} for {Redistribution}? {Evidence} {From} {Europe}},
volume = {47},
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doi = {10.1177/0010414013488542},
abstract = {In this article, we address the question of whether the policy statements of political parties with regard to migration affect the link between individual anti-immigrant sentiment and support for redistributive policies. While the effect of political parties “playing the race card” is well documented and repeatedly discussed in the American context, it has received little attention in comparative studies. We test our measurements of issue-salience with regard to migration and welfare-related matters by conducting multilevel models for a sample of 14 European countries. We also control for the potential effects of the countries' welfare regimes—which is so far the most prominent contextual variable. Our results strongly indicate a moderating party-effect: The more parties accentuate crucial migration issues, the less general support there is for welfare programs by native anti-immigrant groups. In contrast, we find no effect of the repeatedly discussed welfare regime on this relationship, once controlled for party statements. Keywords welfare chauvinism, redistribution, migration, party discourse, welfare state, multilevel analysis, European Social Survey},
number = {4},
journal = {Comparative Political Studies},
author = {Schmidt, Alexander W. and Spies, Dennis C.},
year = {2014},
note = {422},
keywords = {_substantive_research, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, the Netherlands},
pages = {519--549}
}
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