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Business elites and populism: understanding business responses

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  • Magnus Feldmann
  • Glenn Morgan

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This article analyses the challenges to business associated with the rise of right-wing populism. It discusses how the populist turn has weakened key underpinnings of business power in the neoliberal era, notably the prevalence of quiet politics and network governance. This article analyses the complex strategic dilemmas these challenges create for business. Extending Hirschman’s classic model of exit, voice and loyalty, it develops a novel typology of five business responses to the rise of populism: exit, soft voice, loud voice, explicit loyalty and implicit loyalty. The extended typology highlights two key dilemmas related to the appropriate degree of engagement with politics which business faces in the populist era and which are reflected in the contrast between two types of voice and loyalty. The article analyses the factors shaping which strategy businesses are likely to choose and reflects on the broader implications of this analysis for state-business relations and business power.

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  • Magnus Feldmann & Glenn Morgan, 2022. "Business elites and populism: understanding business responses," New Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(2), pages 347-359, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cnpexx:v:27:y:2022:i:2:p:347-359
    DOI: 10.1080/13563467.2021.1973397
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    1. Bergmann, Knut & Diermeier, Matthias & Kinderman, Daniel & Schroeder, Wolfgang, 2024. "Die deutsche Wirtschaft und die AfD: Erfahrungen, Befunde und erste Forschungsergebnisse," Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Center for Civil Society Research ZZ 2024-602, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
    2. Lisa Ahsen Sezer & Gül Berna Özcan, 2024. "Local champions and change of governments: a longitudinal analysis of firms’ political ties in Gaziantep, Turkey," Journal of Economic Geography, Oxford University Press, vol. 24(2), pages 263-283.
    3. Hartwell, Christopher A. & Devinney, Timothy M., 2024. "The demands of populism on business and the creation of “corporate political obligations”," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 33(2).

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