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Equilibrium Social Insurance with Policy-Motivated Parties [PDF]

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We study the political economy of social insurance with double heterogeneity of voters (i.e., different income and risk levels). Social insurance is financed through distortionary taxation and redistributes across income and risks.
Jean, HINDRIKS, Philippe, DE DONDER
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Broke and Broken: The Crises Facing Local Government in England

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 199-205, January/March 2025.
Abstract English local government faces a perilous position owing to insufficient funding, structural issues and capacity challenges. Fourteen years of austerity have significantly reduced council budgets, while increased demand for services—particularly adult social care—has strained resources.
David Jeffery
wiley   +1 more source

Values in the Valence Election: Fragmentation and the 2024 General Election

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 26-36, January/March 2025.
Abstract The 2024 general election delivered a verdict on an unpopular Conservative government, a valence election where the key motivation was to remove a government seen as failing. But this is not a full account of the voting choices of the British public.
Paula Surridge
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Redistributive Politics and Market Efficiency: An Experimental Study [PDF]

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We study the interaction between competitive markets that produce large but unequally distributed welfare gains and elections through which the poor majority can redistribute income away from the rich minority.
Großer, Jens, Reuben, Ernesto
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Opportunities for the Labour Party: Football, Class and Community Renewal

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article argues that football represents an underutilised opportunity for the Labour Party to anchor a wider programme of civic renewal. In many working‐class communities, the decline of trade unions, working men's clubs and other associational spaces has eroded collective life, leaving football clubs as rare institutions where dignity ...
Sam Taylor Hill
wiley   +1 more source

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