Neighbors and friends: How do European political parties respond to globalization?
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Antonis Adam; Stamatia Ftergioti
- Source
- European Journal of Political Economy. 59:369-384
- Subject
- Economics and Econometrics
Political spectrum
media_common.quotation_subject
05 social sciences
Moderation
0506 political science
Politics
Globalization
Political science
Political economy
0502 economics and business
Political Science and International Relations
050602 political science & public administration
Position (finance)
Ideology
Convergence (relationship)
050207 economics
media_common
- Language
- ISSN
- 0176-2680
This paper explores the relationship between globalization and party positions accounting for potential differences between left- and right-wing parties. The analysis is based on a panel model of 36 political parties in 18 Western European countries between 1970 and 2015. We find that right-wing parties move leftward in response to globalization, while left-wing parties do not alter their position. Additionally, we find that ideological party positions are affected by foreign parties’ positions of the same ideological bloc. These findings indicate that there is a convergence towards the left of the political spectrum due to right-wing party moderation.