BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:This project investigates the relevance of the rise of Green pa rties for distributive politics in Europe. We study this question from bot h the supply and demand side of political competition\, that is the distri butive preferences of green voters and the impact of Green party governmen t participation on distributive policy-making. The focus of our project go es beyond general welfare state support but centers on the content of dist ributive conflicts. We develop an argument about green voters' welfare sta te preferences on the two dimensions which shape the politics of the welfa re state in the 21st century. Focusing on the goals of welfare states\, we consider the preferences of green voters for passive consumption versus a ctive investment policies. Second\, we consider the position of green vote rs in the debates about who gets access to the entitlements and benefits t hat the welfare state provides. To this end\, we examine preferences towar ds two possible welfare state reforms\, namely a welfare chauvinistic visi on of the welfare state that grants protection and security mainly to the native population and the idea of a European welfare state where protectio n is equalized across Europe. We then turn to the supply side of political competition and study the impact that Green parties in governments have o n distributive issues\, neither on the spending nor the revenue side of di stributive politics. We find that the inclusion of green parties in nation al governments leads to higher spending on social investment\, while the s tatus quo prevails regarding social consumption spending and taxation.Co-r esearchers: Leonce Röth and Björn BremerHanna Schwander is Full Professor and Chair of Political Sociology and Social Policy at the Humboldt Univers ity\, Berlin. Located at the intersection between comparative politics\, p olitical sociology and political economy\, her research is guided by her i nterest in how post-industrial transformations of welfare states\, labour markets and societies affect various aspects of political life. She is als o one of the PIs in the “Social Cohesion and Civil Society. Interaction Dy namics in Times of Disruption" project\, sponsored by the Berlin Universit y Alliance Grand Challenge. Prior to joining the Humboldt University\, she was Professor of Public Policy at the Hertie School of Governance in Berl in and a Senior Researcher with an Ambizione-Project on women’s political alignment at the Department of Political Science of the University of Zuri ch. She obtained her PhD in 2012 from the University of Zurich and joined the Research Center on Inequality and Social Policy (SOCIUM) in Bremen in the same year. She also worked at the European University Institute in Flo rence\, the Department of Politics and International Relations at the Univ ersity of Oxford and the University of Essen-Duisburg. DTEND:20220324T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260510T195301Z DTSTART:20220324T163000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Green Parties as New Left Party in Europe: Consequences for Distrib utive Policy-Making UID:RFCALITEM639140251814919825 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

This project investigates the relevance of the rise of Green parties for distributive politics in Europe. We study th is question from both the supply and demand side of political competition\ , that is the distributive preferences of green voters and the impact of G reen party government participation on distributive policy-making. The foc us of our project goes beyond general welfare state support but centers on the content of distributive conflicts. We develop an argument about green voters' welfare state preferences on the two dimensions which shape the p olitics of the welfare state in the 21st century. Focusing on the goals of welfare states\, we consider the preferences of green voters for passive consumption versus active investment policies. Second\, we consider the po sition of green voters in the debates about who gets access to the entitle ments and benefits that the welfare state provides. To this end\, we exami ne preferences towards two possible welfare state reforms\, namely a welfa re chauvinistic vision of the welfare state that grants protection and sec urity mainly to the native population and the idea of a European welfare s tate where protection is equalized across Europe. We then turn to the supp ly side of political competition and study the impact that Green parties i n governments have on distributive issues\, neither on the spending nor th e revenue side of distributive politics. We find that the inclusion of gre en parties in national governments leads to higher spending on social inve stment\, while the status quo prevails regarding social consumption spendi ng and taxation.

Co-researchers: Leonce Röth and Björn Bremer

Hanna Schwander is Full Professor and Chair of Politi cal Sociology and Social Policy at the Humboldt University\, Berlin. Locat ed at the intersection between comparative politics\, political sociology and political economy\, her research is guided by her interest in how post -industrial transformations of welfare states\, labour markets and societi es affect various aspects of political life. She is also one of the PIs in the “Social Cohesion and Civil Society. Interaction Dynamics in Times of Disruption" project\, sponsored by the Berlin University Alliance Grand Ch allenge. Prior to joining the Humboldt University\, she was Professor of P ublic Policy at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin and a Senior Res earcher with an Ambizione-Project on women’s political alignment at the De partment of Political Science of the University of Zurich. She obtained he r PhD in 2012 from the University of Zurich and joined the Research Center on Inequality and Social Policy (SOCIUM) in Bremen in the same year. She also worked at the European University Institute in Florence\, the Departm ent of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford an d the University of Essen-Duisburg.

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