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  <title>EconStor Community: London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), European Institute</title>
  <link rel="alternate" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10419/303282" />
  <subtitle>London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), European Institute</subtitle>
  <id>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/303282</id>
  <updated>2026-05-09T18:46:05Z</updated>
  <dc:date>2026-05-09T18:46:05Z</dc:date>
  <entry>
    <title>Anti-system politics, welfare states, and the new age divide: A multi-level analysis of anti-system voting in Europe</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10419/339441" />
    <author>
      <name>Hopkin, Jonathan</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>McNeil, Andrew</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/339441</id>
    <updated>2026-04-04T04:13:22Z</updated>
    <published>2025-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
    <summary type="text">Title: Anti-system politics, welfare states, and the new age divide: A multi-level analysis of anti-system voting in Europe
Authors: Hopkin, Jonathan; McNeil, Andrew
Abstract: This paper proposes an explanation of variations in anti-system voting in European democracies. It tests the hypothesis that younger voters are the main constituent of anti-system parties, conditional on the type of welfare regime of the society they live in. We show that when economic resources and welfare policy are skewed toward insiders and older generations, the young are more likely than the old to vote for antisystem parties. Hopkin (2020) argues that younger voters on average have more postmaterialist values and therefore tend to support anti-system left parties over the right. However, in some countries large numbers of younger voters vote for the anti-system right. In Southern Europe, we find that younger voters, across all levels of education, are the most likely to support anti-system left parties. In social democratic and continental welfare regimes, younger people with low educational attainment are most likely to vote for the anti-system right.</summary>
    <dc:date>2025-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>EU's strategic autonomy and regional development objectives: Friends or foes?</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10419/339490" />
    <author>
      <name>Monastiriotis, Vassilis</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Gamtkitsulashvili, Tea</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/339490</id>
    <updated>2026-04-04T04:13:18Z</updated>
    <published>2025-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
    <summary type="text">Title: EU's strategic autonomy and regional development objectives: Friends or foes?
Authors: Monastiriotis, Vassilis; Gamtkitsulashvili, Tea
Abstract: This paper examines the evolving relationship between EU Cohesion and Industrial Policy, focusing on how the latter's shift towards macro-level missions-such as decarbonisation and strategic autonomy-undermines territorial cohesion and regional convergence. Reviewing the evolution and theoretical foundations of both policies, we show how Industrial Policy's departure from its foundational ideas has created a divergence of previously convergent imperatives. Empirical evidence reveals that mission-oriented initiatives disproportionately benefit advanced regions, potentially reinforcing spatial inequalities. We conclude with policy recommendations to better align strategic objectives with territorial cohesion, ensuring balanced regional development is not sacrificed for broader economic and geopolitical ambitions.</summary>
    <dc:date>2025-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Varieties of Ideology. Reassessing Europe’s Open Society and Its Enemies in the Euro Area</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10419/303469" />
    <author>
      <name>Collignon, Stefan</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Orsitto, Davide</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/303469</id>
    <updated>2024-10-05T01:41:24Z</updated>
    <published>2024-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
    <summary type="text">Title: Varieties of Ideology. Reassessing Europe’s Open Society and Its Enemies in the Euro Area
Authors: Collignon, Stefan; Orsitto, Davide
Abstract: The coherence of ideological narratives in the Euro Area is a necessary condition for the sustainability of the monetary union. Narratives shape political preferences and if they diverge persistently, cooperation between member states becomes impossible. We measure the evolution of ideological narratives in member states of the Euro Area over half a century in a two-dimensional space. In addition to the classical right-left cleavage, we define a cultural dimension that is inspired by Karl Popper's and Dumont's distinction between individualism and holism, i.e., between open and closed societies. We find that ideological preferences, as expressed by people voting for party programs, have converged - but less so in the new member states. Thus, the institutional framework of the monetary union has contributed to greater ideological convergence inside the Euro Area while it is significantly weaker outside the Euro Area. However, since the end of the Cold War, most societies have become less open which makes cooperation between ideologically closed society more difficult. Germany is the leader of a conservative group of member states, France of a progressive group. Both models are compatible with the Maastricht objectives of price stability and low public debt ratios, but only the French model of open society with social equality supports economic growth.</summary>
    <dc:date>2024-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>"Un-sustainable" Development Goals as a New Dimension of the European Monetary Union Core-periphery Dualism</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10419/303468" />
    <author>
      <name>De Santis, Roberta</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Di Biagio, Lorenzo</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Esposito, Piero</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/303468</id>
    <updated>2024-10-05T01:01:08Z</updated>
    <published>2024-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
    <summary type="text">Title: "Un-sustainable" Development Goals as a New Dimension of the European Monetary Union Core-periphery Dualism
Authors: De Santis, Roberta; Di Biagio, Lorenzo; Esposito, Piero
Abstract: While the persistent core-periphery dualism within the European Monetary Union (EMU) has been extensively studied, its relationship to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) remains unexplored. This is surprising, given the EU's strong commitment to achieving the 17 SDGs by 2030. The SDGs encompass a broad range of economic, social and environmental targets and the pursuit of these goals through targeted economic policies could have significant macroeconomic implications and redistributive effects at country and region level. This research fills this critical gap by investigating two key questions: (1) Do the SDGs themselves reflect a new dimension of the so-called EMU core-periphery dualism? (2) How have changes in SDG scores for EMU country pairs influenced the existing coreperiphery dualism? Our findings shed light on the interaction between the SDGs and the EMU's internal cohesion, offering preliminary interesting policy insights.</summary>
    <dc:date>2024-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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