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Title
It's all about solidarity stupid! How solidarity frames structure the party political sphere
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Abstract
Inspired by Lipset and Rokkan, the field of political science has primarily focused on party oppositions as a derivative of historically anchored conflicts among social groups. Yet parties are not mere social mirrors; they are also active interpreters of social context. In a globalized era they deploy conflicting frames on how solidarity may be preserved, as recent work on populist welfare chauvinism shows. However, the role of party political agency in framing solidarity lacks an overarching framework. This article therefore proposes a Durkheimian model that takes the integrative pole of the conflict–integration dialectic seriously and distinguishes among group-based, compassionate, exchange-based and empathic frames. The authors test this solidarity framework in Flanders (Belgium) – a good case study due to its fragmented party system and increasing economic and cultural openness. The content analyses of party manifestos presented here suggest that a solidarity-based deductive approach to studying partisan competition is relevant because partisan differentiation along solidarity lines is growing; this evolution converges with similar inductive expert-based and issue-based findings.
Language
English
Source (journal)
British journal of political science. - London
British journal of political science. - Cambridge, Mass.
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Publication
London : 2022
ISSN
0007-1234
DOI
10.1017/S0007123420000137
Volume/pages
52 :1 (2022) , p. 128-145
Article Reference
PII S0007123420000137
ISI
000731744700009
Medium
E-only publicatie
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UAntwerpen
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Research group
Project info
The politics of solidarity: solidarity claims in party rhetoric and why they matter.
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Web of Science
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Creation 01.09.2020
Last edited 03.10.2024
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