The 1️⃣article of our 5️⃣0️⃣Anniversary Special Issue "Debating European Politics: Advances and Perspectives" is out!🎉 "The rise of populism and the new cleavage" by Hanspeter Kriesi, describing contemporary populism is likely to be a temporary phenomen. 🔗https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2025.2591874

Europe’s housing crisis is worsening while progressives stay silent. DPIR's @tabouchadi.bsky.social argues in @theguardian.com that we need bold policies that make homes affordable, fair and a social right again:

Europe’s housing crisis is fuelling the rise of the far right. Our research shows how to address it | Tarik Abou-Chadi, Björn Bremer and Silja Häusermann

The mantra of ‘build, build, build’ misses something crucial: that few can afford these new homes, say Tarik Abou-Chadi, Silja Häusermann and Björn Bremer

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New publication w/ my friend & amazing coauthor @fedetrastulli.bsky.social in @ejprjournal.bsky.social! 🎉 doi.org/10.1017/S147... We explore: Who considers which political issues as important & how is this related to sociodemographic/socioeconomic variables?

Now out @apsrjournal.bsky.social with page numbers! 🫒 We advance a new argument on how economic crises fuel support for far-right parties in left-behind places by tapping into long-standing community narratives shorturl.at/bA55v @catherinedevries.bsky.social

🚨New Publication🚨 Using the entire #Canadian Election Study (1965–2021), I examine voter turnout by class, education, & income over time & test whether the offerings of political parties impact these relationships. Available #OpenAccess in @cjps-rcsp.bsky.social #polisky doi.org/10.1017/S000...

🚨 New publication 🚨 With @pgraefe.bsky.social & @sjkiss.bsky.social in @csa-scs.bsky.social Does the public sector vote differently and hold differing political attitudes than the general public? Available #OpenAccess #polisky doi.org/10.1111/cars...

🚨 New(ish) Book Alert 🚨 While somewhat overstating the importance of the "working class" to the support bases of far-right parties, this new book is particularly innovative in bringing political processes into the explanatory models.

Social Identity and Working Class Support for the Populist Radical Right: From Economic and Political Distress to Cultural Grievances

Abstract. Why are blue-collar workers increasingly supporting the populist radical right? Previous explanations for this phenomenon suggest that it is the

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How much competition within the right field? ❗Segmentation is eroding, especially among young voters❗ New article out by @siljahausermann.bsky.social ‪@dpzollinger.bsky.social @mrsteenbergen.bsky.social and myself @ipz.bsky.social @wepsocial.bsky.social tinyurl.com/ycxfx2aj A short 🧵 1/7

Our article with @lindawhite.bsky.social , @philtriadafilos.bsky.social, and Jim Farney is now available in Publius: The Journal of Federalism! academic.oup.com/publius/adva... 🧵👇

My take on the broader implications of the outcome of Polish presidential elections published in the Guardian today. ps. this is not the title I chose… 👇🏽 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Poland’s presidential election result is a morale boost for Maga forces in Europe | Catherine De Vries

Karol Nawrocki’s win is a blow for prime minister Donald Tusk – and it symbolises a larger battle over the political narrative, says policy expert Catherine De Vries

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What do tax cuts for the rich do? They increase inequality. They have no effect on economic growth or unemployment. "Our results provide strong evidence against the influential political–economic idea that tax cuts for the rich ‘trickle down’ to boost the wider economy."

Delighted that my paper with @kevincunning.bsky.social on "Still second-order national elections? Evaluating the classic model after the 2024 European elections" has just been published by @wepsocial.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0140... 1/

🚨3-Year Postdoc Position in Zurich @ipz.bsky.social ❓Political implications of labor market transformation Plenty of flexibility, no teaching obligations, great research environment in an highly livable city. Deadline: May 18, 2025. tinyurl.com/postdoczurich #polisky #poliscijobs #psjminfo

I'm often asked: What motivates Danielle Smith to do the radical things she does? After all, many of her actions fly in the face of public opinion, the constitution, conservative ideology, and her own public commitments. I used to equivocate. I'm about ready to call it.🧵

People have real problems believing Reform voters don't come from Labour, if not recently, then in the past. A small proportion do, but let's look at how far back you'd have to go now ...

How and why actual class decline leads to far-right party support: our new blog post for @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social with @a-gugushvili.bsky.social and Tim Vlandas, based on our Political Behavior article blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

A year ago, @simonvanteutem.bsky.social and I wrote about what the Tories could learn from other European parties. We predicted that if they continued their anti-immigration and culture wars course they would be cannibalized by the far right. That happened today. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Reform UK’s rise may tempt Sunak into moving further right. Let the Netherlands be a cautionary tale | Tarik Abou-Chadi and Simon van Teutem

Across Europe, the mainstream right is being eclipsed by more extreme rivals. The same fate could await the Tories, say academics Tarik Abou-Chadi and Simon van Teutem

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"This paper studies whether working from home (WFH) affects workers' performance in public sector jobs... we find that WFH increases productivity by 12%." @afenizia.bsky.social Evidence that administrations that reject WFH harm efficiency. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

This must be the first time in postwar history that a single person determines the election outcome in another country. #TrumpEffect

Democrats today: "For god's sake, don't use big words like oligarchy. Voters won't understand it." FDR in 1932:

▶️ Do far-right wins fuel disinformation fears? 😮 @kgattermann.bsky.social, @elskevdhoogen.bsky.social and @claesdevreese.bsky.social show that strong far-right showings in the 2024 EP elections heighten public concern about disinformation 👇

The role of far-right party performance in shaping disinformation concerns of European voters: evidence from the 2024 European Parliament elections

Concerns about the risk of disinformation in the 2024 European Parliament elections were widespread in European capitals. Simultaneously, the far-right – often linked to the spread of disinformatio...

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Were wealthy donors key to Trump’s campaigns in 2016 and 2020? I'm thrilled to announce a new paper in which Sean Kates, Eric Manning, Tali Mendelberg and I analyzed data on 108 million (!) homeowner-voters. See “Plutopopulism: Wealth and Trump’s Financial Base.” Open access: cup.org/4cfm0Az 🧵 1/

Our new numbers on Trump’s approval ratings are top of The Economist website this afternoon www.economist.com/united-state...

🪞 Mirror, mirror on the wall, which cleavage is the strongest of all? 🪞 Mirko Crulli and Vincenzo Emanuele investigate whether old class divides still matter in Western Europe or if a globalisation cleavage has taken over. The answer? Multiple cleavages coexist, but class and GAL/TAN stand out 👇

Bringing Rokkan into the twenty-first century: the cleavage structure of Western Europe

Political science is revitalising cleavage theory by examining the possible demise of traditional Rokkanian cleavages or the rise of a new globalisation cleavage. However, studies rarely combine th...

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Outstanding. More.

Larry Glickman@larryglickman.bsky.social · last yr.

Cornell too! www.cornellsun.com/article/2025...

My new piece for @theconversationca.bsky.social. Last week, DOGE agents entered the FDIC. It is not yet clear what they will do, but Project 2025 calls for repealing the parts of Dodd-Frank which govern the regulation of too-big-to-fail banks. This would be a disaster for global financial stability.

Why weakening U.S. bank regulators could repeat the mistakes of the 2008 financial crisis

The targeting of the FDIC could dangerously erode its ability to manage financial crises, like the one that occurred in 2008.

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The CPC needs to be very careful here. Politicizing the judicial appointment process is not a road any country should go down. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Conservatives pledge to appoint stricter judges as part of tough-on-crime campaign promises

Judicial appointments are not often debated or detailed on the campaign trail. The Globe asks the Liberals and Conservatives about their proposals

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Why have multiculturalism policies been so durable in Europe, despite the ascent of civic integration policies and right-wing populist parties? Daniel Westlake, Keith Banting and I have some thoughts: The puzzling persistence of multiculturalism policies in Europe www.tandfonline.com/eprint/5AV3Y...

The puzzling persistence of multiculturalism policies in Europe

Over the first two decades of the twenty-first century, multiculturalism has come under fire from champions of civic integration and far right-wing populists. Despite this, multiculturalism policie...

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Even if you cannot save U.S. academia, you can help U.S.-based academics. Here are four ways to help, depending on your position.

Trump is targeting US universities as never before. Here are four ways to help them | Cas Mudde

Supporters in Europe can offer new opportunities and minimise the isolation. Certainly they can avoid making things worse, says political scientist Cas Mudde

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