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WEP Journal @wepsocial.bsky.social · 4d

💥Out now: The introduction to the Special Issue "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies"

"Updating cleavage theory for the twenty-first century" by @dpzollinger.bsky.social & @davidattewell6.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1080/0140...

Abstract of the article "Updating cleavage theory for the twenty-first century" by Delia Zollinger and David Attewell. Published online first in West European Politics.

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Delia Zollinger @dpzollinger.bsky.social · 4d

New SI "Cleavage Politics in Western
Democracies" @wepsocial.bsky.social!

If you're interested in transforming social & political divides in advanced democracies, this is for you.

The intro by @davidattewell6.bsky.social & me maps contributions around 3 challenges for contemp. cleavage research.

David Attewell @davidattewell6.bsky.social · 4d

@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:

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David Attewell @davidattewell6.bsky.social · 4d

@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:

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Jacob Gunderson @jacobgunderson.bsky.social · 19d

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Mike Cowburn @mikecowburn.bsky.social · 23d

🚨🎉 New Publication 🎉🚨 w/ @meredithconroy.bsky.social

Where Do Women Win Primaries? Asymmetric Opportunity Theory in Congressional Nominations

We offer a party-asymmetric theory of incentives for female candidates in nominations across different districts

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Jacob Gunderson @jacobgunderson.bsky.social · 28d

@ndelacerda.bsky.social will be presenting our new paper on party classification beyond Europe, following up on our prior work at @ejprjournal.bsky.social ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/VN2MTD.... If you are interested in party families or international party organizations, stop by.

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Alex Mierke-Zatwarnicki @mierkezat.bsky.social · Aug 28

I’m very excited to share that my paper “Cleavage theory meets civil society: A framework and research agenda” with @eborbath.bsky.social & Swen Hutter has now been published online in ‪@wepsocial.bsky.social‬ (w/ open access funding thanks to @wzb.bsky.social‬!)

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Matt Polacko @mattpolacko.bsky.social · Aug 25

🚨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...

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Chapel Hill Expert Survey @chesdata.bsky.social · Aug 14

The CHES EU team has published a new research note in @electoralstudies.bsky.social describing some trends across the 25 years now covered by our trend file and exploring two new items included in the 2024 wave of the survey: doi.org/10.1016/j.el...
Here’s a summary thread:
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Gefjon Off @gefjonoff.bsky.social · Aug 7

New publication in @wepsocial.bsky.social!

Are young men becoming more conservative?

This debate requires a) more nuance and b) theoretical explanations for often descriptive results. With Amy Alexander and Nicholas Charron, we try addressing both.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Young men, gendered labour market competition, and opposition to gender equality policy across 27 EU countries

Recent studies have shown an increasing divide in political values between young men and women, particularly regarding gender equality attitudes. In this study it is argued that this is due in part...

www.tandfonline.com

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Matthew E Bergman, PhD @mebergman.bsky.social · Jul 29

Still using the party family approach to #nicheparty analysis? Don't worry, it is a valid approach when studying party issue responsiveness (but not the commies) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Who’s a part(y) of this family? Only noneconomic niche parties are still responsive to partisans

Foundational manuscripts examined whether niche parties and mainstream parties differed in their party-voter linkages. Specifically, they examine “mean electorate” and “partisan electorate” forms o...

www.tandfonline.com

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Jacob Gunderson @jacobgunderson.bsky.social · Aug 1

Another great paper by @felixlehmann.bsky.social!

Felix Lehmann @felixlehmann.bsky.social · Aug 1

Why do parties do what they do? Excited to share my 2nd dissertation paper, just published in @jeppjournal.bsky.social
In the paper, I argue that parties seek internal unity and try to keep the team together: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · Jul 28

#OpenAccess from @studiesapd.bsky.social -

Redrawing the South: County Creation as a Partisan Tool during Reconstruction - cup.org/4m98qCE

- @michaelgreenberger.bsky.social

#FirstView

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Julian Garritzmann @garritzmannj.bsky.social · Jul 25

I'm hiring another postdoc (research-focused, for almost 5 years) for my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage!
I'm looking for someone with strong quantitative text-analysis skills (e.g. #NLP, #LLM, etc.) to study the role of political actors in cleavage formation.

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Lennart Schürmann @lennartschuermann.bsky.social · Jul 17

🚨New article w/ @eborbath.bsky.social & Swen Hutter
Protest and the rise of left-nationalist challengers: evidence from Germany
📔 Social Movement Studies
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1474...
In 2022, Germany faced a cost-of-living crisis.
Many expected a “Hot Autumn” of mass protest—but it never happened. Why?

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Mike Cowburn @mikecowburn.bsky.social · Jun 26

Intra-party politics night out in Madrid #EPSA2025 #falafel

@blumrm.bsky.social @janaschwenk.bsky.social @malpas.bsky.social @jacobgunderson.bsky.social @mkaltenegger.bsky.social @felixlehmann.bsky.social @fabioangiolillo.bsky.social

Intra-party politics scholars having fun in a bar

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Nicolás de la Cerda @ndelacerda.bsky.social · Jun 26

🚨 NEW RESEARCH ALERT 🚨

My latest article is now available at @polbehavior.bsky.social!

"Cueing Without Parties: Experimental Evidence from Peru" explores how citizens navigate politics in contexts without stable parties and deeply-rooted partisan predispositions.

📖 doi.org/10.1007/s111...

Cueing Without Parties: Experimental Evidence from Peru - Political Behavior

Citizens infer policy information from partisan cues, yet their utility varies cross-nationally. In weakly institutionalized democracies with short-lived political parties and volatile party systems, ...

doi.org

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Maria Thürk @mariathurk.bsky.social · Jun 7

Super happy to see this paper now in print! We show that parties which do not enter coalitions, but have formal (written) support agreements with minority cabinets- such as Tidö Agreement in Sweden - are likely to be punished at the next elections, similarly to junior coalition partners.

Comparative Political Studies @cpsjournal.bsky.social · Jun 6

New article from our latest issue (Issue 8, 2025): "Hitting the Sweet Spot? The Electoral Consequences of Supporting Minority Governments" by Maria Thürk @mariathurk.bsky.social and Heike Klüver @heikekluever.bsky.social

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

#polisky #socialscience #academicsky

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Marius Sältzer @msaeltzer.bsky.social · Jun 5

Hey y'all I am hiring a PhD student. Minimal teaching load and many opportunities for more ;)

uol.de/job566en

Research Associate in the field of "Digital Social Science" // University of Oldenburg

uol.de

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Mike Cowburn @mikecowburn.bsky.social · Jun 4

Want to know what I've been up to in 2025?

This is the new ERC project working with @steffenhurka.bsky.social @kaplaner.bsky.social & @steffiru.bsky.social

DEMOLAW @demolaw.bsky.social · Jun 4

Hello world! We are DEMOLAW, an ERC-funded project investigating the design, creation, and survival of democratic laws.

Our website is now live! sites.google.com/view/demolaw

To read our first research paper, visit: tinyurl.com/58p4m2m4

We will be at #EPSA2025 in Madrid & look forward to meeting!

DEMOLAW

Project objective

sites.google.com

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Fabio Angiolillo @fabioangiolillo.bsky.social · Jun 4

🚨New publication!

By now, we know 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 democratic institutions autocratizers undermine, yet we (w/ Gorazd Ordanoski) ask:

𝑯𝒐𝒘 do they attack them?

We present three sequential repressive steps:
1️⃣ legitimization rhetoric
2️⃣ legal engineering
3️⃣ coercive control

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www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Patterns of incumbents’ repression during autocratization

How do incumbents attack accountability during autocratization? The literature focuses on what democratic institutions autocratizers undermine, yet incumbents’ steps in attacking accountability mea...

www.tandfonline.com

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Jacob Gunderson @jacobgunderson.bsky.social · May 31

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Isabel Laterzo-Tingley @isabellatingley.bsky.social · May 21

Check out our new article in @lawfaremedia.org - with @ndelacerda.bsky.social and Ayelén Vanegas - which covers our our working paper "Institutional Accountability and Support for Democracy: Evidence from a Natural Experiment". You can see the article below.

Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · May 21

Using recent survey data, @ndelacerda.bsky.social, @isabellatingley.bsky.social, and Ayelén Vanegas found that the charges against Jair Bolsanaro for his 2023 coup attempt didn't shake support for democracy among his backers and bolstered democratic support among those who did not vote for him.

Is Accountability Polarizing? What Bolsonaro’s Indictment Can Tell Us

Holding anti-democratic leaders accountable is often seen as a risky endeavor. But a recent study in Brazil complicates that assumption.

www.lawfaremedia.org

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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · Mar 24

Super happy to share this new paper with @zeynsom.bsky.social and Patrick Fournier, out now in JEPOP! We study how the accuracy of citizens' perceptions of parties' issue positions depends on the importance they attach to the issue.

See Zeynep's 🧵 for an overview of our findings!

Zeynep Somer-Topcu @zeynsom.bsky.social · Mar 21

New paper alert: @rdassonneville.bsky.social, Patrick Fournier, and I have a new paper published in JEPOP: "Personal issue importance effects on voters’ perceptual accuracy of party issue positions". A thread: doi.org/10.1080/1745...

Personal issue importance effects on voters’ perceptual accuracy of party issue positions

The accuracy of voters’ party position perceptions is critical for the functioning of representative democracy, and recent comparative work has shown that voters generally have accurate perceptions...

doi.org

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