To cite the article:
Emanuele, Vincenzo, and Federico Trastulli. 2024. “Left Governmental Power and the Reduction of Inequalities in Western Europe (1871–2020).” Perspectives on Politics: 1–20. doi: 10.1017/S1537592724000628.
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Abstract
Despite considerable attention in the literature, existing studies analyzing the effect of left governmental power on inequalities suffer from three main limitations: a privileged focus on economic forms of inequality at the expense of political and social ones, inaccurate measurements of left governmental power, and the analyses’ narrow time spans. This article addresses such concerns through a comparative longitudinal analysis where the impact of left...