We argue that this context of post-industrialism and welfare state restructuring affects the values of “labor” with regard to income redistribution and social insurance. Welfare values, i.e. stable preferences with regard to a desired outcome in terms of the distribution of risk and wealth...

This chapter focuses on the impact of globalization on voter preferences. To do so, we consider the labor market consequences of trade, foreign direct investment, and immigration, which have had immediate effects on voters in advanced capitalist democracies. The globalization of production and...

Does globalization affect the demand-side of politics, and if so, how? This paper builds on new developments in trade theory to argue that globalization matters, but that its effects on individuals' perceptions of labor market risk and policy preferences are more heterogenous than previous...