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The consequences of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and Great Recession of 2008-2010 continue to be debated among economists, journalists, and policymakers. This book examines how these economic shocks, which originated largely outside of nations, reshaped politics within them.
List of contents
- Part I: The Crisis' Long Shadow on Democratic Politics
- 1: Continuity and Change: The Shock, the Recovery, and the Mass Politics of Economic Crises
- 2: The Great Recession and Electoral Politics, 2007-2016
- Part II: Public Perceptions and Policy Demands
- 3: Breaking the Bargain? Economic Decline, Party Cues, and the Politics of Insecurity
- 4: Revising the Bargain? Policy Preferences after the Crisis
- Part III: Political Choices in Uncertain Times
- 5: There is No Difference? The Global Financial Crisis and Electoral Turnout
- 6: The Shock, the Recovery, and Economic Voting Before and After the Crisis
- 7: Shaping Their Own Destiny: Political Parties and Voter Choices Before and After the Crisis
- 8: Mass Politics in a Post-Crisis World: Whither Democracy?
About the author
Timothy Hellwig is Professor of Political Science and Remak Professor of European Studies at Indiana University. His publications include Globalization and Mass Politics: Retaining the Room to Maneuver (Cambridge University Press, 2014).
Yesola Kweon is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Utah State University. Her work has been published in distinguished journals such as Electoral Studies, International Interactions, and West European Politics.
Jack Vowles is Professor of Comparative Politics at Victoria University of Wellington. His publications include Globalization and Domestic Politics ( co-edited with Georgios Xezonakis, OUP, 2016).
Summary
The consequences of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and Great Recession of 2008-2010 continue to be debated among economists, journalists, and policymakers. This book examines how these economic shocks, which originated largely outside of nations, reshaped politics within them.
Additional text
Examines the impact of the 2007-08 global financial crisis (GFC) on public opinion toward democracy, focusing on how the policy preferences of political elites and the policy responses of governments shaped citizens' experiences of crisis and recovery.
