Government Supporter Responsiveness (with Timothy Hellwig and Werner Krause)
1:00pm - 2:30pm /
Wednesday 19th April 2023
Type: Seminar /
Category: Department
- Dr Luca Bernadi
- Admission: Free
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Speaker: Prof Lawrence Ezrow (University of Essex)
Please note: this event is being held online only.
Zoom Link
https://liverpool-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/94650744582?pwd=RVIwTTFySWVqS3lLeW1NWGxWcXdzZz09
Meeting ID: 946 5074 4582
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Responsive government means that citizen preferences are reflected in public policy. But which citizens? We address this question through the lens of policymakers’ incentives to respond to the preferences of the electorate at large (general electorate model) or to those of their own supporters (government supporter model). We theorize that responsiveness is influenced by the electoral cycle: early in their tenures governments respond to the preferences of their supporters but tend to the views of the mean voter as the next election approaches. Cross-national analyses of public opinion surveys and estimates of government welfare state generosity in 14 countries from 1977-2010 provide evidence consistent with this argument. Along with clarifying the answer to the question of responsiveness to whom, study findings have implications for our understanding of policy change and subconstituency representation.
Biography: Prof Lawrence Ezrow
My research interests include elections, political representation, parties’ election strategies, and European Politics. My articles have been published in the American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, European Journal of Political Research, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Politics, Journal of Public Policy, Party Politics, Political Science Research and Methods, Research and Politics, West European Politics, and World Politics.
Please note: this event is being held online only.
Zoom Link
https://liverpool-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/94650744582?pwd=RVIwTTFySWVqS3lLeW1NWGxWcXdzZz09
Meeting ID: 946 5074 4582
Passcode: 5^bzU=75
Responsive government means that citizen preferences are reflected in public policy. But which citizens? We address this question through the lens of policymakers’ incentives to respond to the preferences of the electorate at large (general electorate model) or to those of their own supporters (government supporter model). We theorize that responsiveness is influenced by the electoral cycle: early in their tenures governments respond to the preferences of their supporters but tend to the views of the mean voter as the next election approaches. Cross-national analyses of public opinion surveys and estimates of government welfare state generosity in 14 countries from 1977-2010 provide evidence consistent with this argument. Along with clarifying the answer to the question of responsiveness to whom, study findings have implications for our understanding of policy change and subconstituency representation.
Biography: Prof Lawrence Ezrow
My research interests include elections, political representation, parties’ election strategies, and European Politics. My articles have been published in the American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, European Journal of Political Research, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Politics, Journal of Public Policy, Party Politics, Political Science Research and Methods, Research and Politics, West European Politics, and World Politics.