The rise of populism and the collapse of the left-right paradigm: Lessons from the 2017 French presidential election
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French presidential election Populism Election présidentielle Populisme P - Economic Systems/P.P2 - Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies/P.P2.P26 - Political Economy • Property RightsSujets proches
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Yann Algan et al., « The rise of populism and the collapse of the left-right paradigm: Lessons from the 2017 French presidential election », Archive ouverte de Sciences Po (SPIRE), ID : 10670/1.88358f...
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We examine the dislocation from the traditional left-right political axis in the 2017 French election, analyze support for populist movements and show that subjective variables are key to understanding it. Votes on the traditional left-right axis are correlated to ideology concerning redistribution, and predicted by socio-economic variables such as income and social status. Votes on the new diagonal opposing “open vs closed society” are predicted by individual and subjective variables. More specifically, low well-being predicts anti-system opinions (from the left or from the right) while low interpersonal trust (ITP) predicts right-wing populism.
