NEW - Educational Networks, Social Closure, and Cleavage Stabilization - https://cup.org/47ifc4B "we show that educational divides are diminished in the presence of countervailing networks" - @davidattewell6.bsky.social & @dpzollinger.bsky.social #OpenAccess

@dpzollinger.bsky.social and I are thrilled "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies" is out as an SI at @wepsocial.bsky.social! Its papers explore the foundations of the cleavage pitting new left against radical right parties, and how it compares to the classic cleavages of Lipset & Rokkan: 🧵⬇️

❗Among their electoral potential, social democratic parties face very few strategic dilemmas. Left-progressive appeals resonate most strongly. New study in @worldpolitics.bsky.social with @tabouchadi.bsky.social , @indubioproreto.bsky.social, Nadja Mosimann, and @markuswagner.bsky.social Thread👇

Tarik Abou-Chadi@tabouchadi.bsky.social · last yr.

New article out in World Politcs. We analyze how different groups react to varying programs of social democratic parties. We find less trade-offs than often assumed. Generally, more left-progressive programs increase support among social democratic potentials muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

Another packed #EPSA2025 panel with impressive papers by @hilmal.bsky.social, @canalejoalvaro.bsky.social, Dave Hope, @gaetanoinglese.bsky.social & @matteonebbiai.bsky.social. Great to see so much interest in questions around AI and the knowledge economy! One more to go tomorrow (3pm, room -1.A.03)!

Matthias Haslberger@mhaslberger.bsky.social · last yr.

Great start to #EPSA2025 chairing a packed panel on "Regulation and Governance of AI," with papers by @paoloagnolin.bsky.social, Alex Kuo, Brady Allardice, and Michael Becher (and @zackgp94.bsky.social discussing). We have three more exciting panels on the politics of AI coming up (see in reply):

🧵 How does education shape political behavior? @professormpersson.bsky.social and I contribute with two chapters to the new Research Handbook on Education and Democracy👇

Do we systematically prefer educated candidates? Or do educational groups select in ways that reward their own? This article by @turnbulldugarte.com and I suggests the answers are yes, and yes - but only for the graduate group. Huge thanks to all who shared their data with us!

Journal of Politics@thejop.bsky.social · last yr.

"Education as Identity? A Meta-Analysis of Education-Based In-Group Preferences in Candidate Choice Experiments" by Elizabeth Simon and Stuart J. Turnbull-Dugarte.https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/730745

IN LATEST ISSUE: The Voter Next Door: @hilmal.bsky.social , Stefan Dahlberg, @richardohrvall.bsky.social & @polhosc.bsky.social examine stigma effects on advance voting for radical right parties: https://buff.ly/3BBKhTC (OPEN ACCESS) @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social #ECRs

Does educational expansion promote social mobility? In my latest study on 40 countries, that just came out in the American Sociological Review, it looks like it does. Integrating decomposition techniques with a comparative framework, 1/n

To complete the X migration, I am happy to share my recent article, now open access in @jeppjournal.bsky.social. The argument: Intra-party divisions are one important reason why mainstream parties take on the issues and positions of Eurosceptic and anti-immigration parties. doi.org/10.1080/1350...

Why accommodate? How niche pressure and intra-party divisions shape mainstream party strategies

Research demonstrates that mainstream parties often take up the issues and positions of emerging Eurosceptic and anti-immigration parties. Yet, these accommodative strategies generally do not pay o...

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New publication out! This one took years of data collection, but it clearly illustrates how Sweden's high-quality state bureaucracy is the result of centuries of gradual power struggles and strategic investments in education—a process I term administrative democratization.

Comparative Politics@comppol.bsky.social · 2y ago

Need a break from the US election? This new Research Note by danielcarelli.bsky.social introduces “administrative democratization” in the context of Swedish state-building. Discover how competence can trump aristocracy! www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...