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Jacob Gunderson

@jacobgunderson.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Gothenburg studying political parties, party brands, and inequality.

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
NEW - Ideas at Work: Educated Colleagues Shape Political Attitudes - cup.org/4dIhNHF - @hilmal.bsky.social #OpenAccess
BJPolS abstract text on a blurred darkened rectangle. Discusses research on education's impact on workplace political attitudes using Swedish data. Mentions university education and labor market effects, highlighting implications for social connections and political attitudes.
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Perspectives on Politics @poppublicsphere.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!! Positional Blurring in Context: How #Dimensionality & #Ideology Constrain #Strategy By @ndelacerda.bsky.social & @jacobgunderson.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 21/09/2026
#OpenAccess from @poppublicsphere.bsky.social - Positional Blurring in Context: How Dimensionality and Ideology Constrain Strategy - cup.org/4dNElqp - @ndelacerda.bsky.social & Jacob R. Gunderson #FirstView
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Nicolás de la Cerda @ndelacerda.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New with @jacobgunderson.bsky.social , in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social (open access): "Positional Blurring in Context." Europe's populist parties typically blur their economic platforms but stay sharp on cultural issues. Does that hold everywhere? 🧵 doi.org/10.1017/S153...
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Positional Blurring in Context: How Dimensionality and Ideology Constrain Strategy | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core
Positional Blurring in Context: How Dimensionality and Ideology Constrain Strategy
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West European Politics @wepsocial.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🗳️ Do voters care about the quality of party primaries? In a Spanish experiment, @janaschwenk.bsky.social & @jacobgunderson.bsky.social find that more candidates, higher turnout, more women and easier participation make a primary look more democratic — and more attractive. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0140...
Description of the article "Broken promises? Voters prefer intraparty democracy, not window dressing" by Jana Schwenk and Jacob R. Gunderson, published online first in West European Politics.
Figure 1. Coefficient plot of average marginal component effects from a conjoint experiment in Spain, in two panels: whether respondents see a leadership selection process as democratic, and whether they prefer it. More candidates, higher member turnout, at least one female candidate and a larger winning vote share all raise both outcomes, while voting at a party congress rather than online lowers them slightly.
Figure 3. Coefficient plot of average marginal component effects for two further outcomes: whether respondents believe the process makes the party more responsive to voters, and to members. The pattern matches the main results, with more candidates and higher turnout raising perceived responsiveness the most.
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Nils Steiner @nilssteiner.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
We are hiring a postdoc in Comparative Politics at JGU Mainz! Join our friendly and productive team, led by Armin Schäfer (@arminschaefer.bsky.social). • Full-time position • Five-year contract (!) • Start: from 1 October Apply by 22 August: stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de/jgu/job/56328 Please share!
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Perspectives on Politics @poppublicsphere.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!! It’s Not #Polarization; It’s the #Radicalization of the #Political #Right By @pettertornberg.com doi.org/10.1017/S153...
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JEPP Journal @jeppjournal.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
@jacobgunderson.bsky.social: Party brands, issue salience, and electoral volatility 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Jacob Gunderson @jacobgunderson.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
I'm happy to be in Belfast for the EPSS Annual Conference. I'm chairing two great panels. The first, "PP02: Contemporary Perspectives on Intraparty Politics", is on Friday at 17:10 in Broadway (Hilton) and brings together papers on the measurement, content, and effects of intraparty politics.
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Felix Lehmann @felixlehmann.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
I am really happy to share that on 12 June, I successfully defended my PhD dissertation in political science. The defence was a lot of fun. This was in large part because of my great opponent, @henrikseeberg.bsky.social , who initiated a challenging and intellectually engaging discussion.
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Florence So @floriso.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Juicy scandals can break a coalition. “Who cares?” You may ask. Well, the brilliant Ida Hjermitslev and I showed that the ensuing sh*tstorm - the termination - reduce citizens’ satisfaction with democracy. See 👇🏼
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Alex Mierke-Zatwarnicki @mierkezat.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
I'm soooo excited about this data. Coverage here excludes the many candidates for which we have partial speeches. Come see @paugrau.bsky.social and I present some preliminary analyses at EPSS! #polisky #EPSS
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Jesper Lindqvist @jesperlindqvist.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Last week (for those that missed it), I published a paper on party systems in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia, together with @adeagafuri.bsky.social and @jacobgunderson.bsky.social. Here is a short summary: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Party systems at the European union’s doorstep: Party system structuration and dimensionality in the Western Balkans - Adea Gafuri, Jacob R. Gunderson, Jesper Lindqvist, 2026
Although consisting of EU (potential) candidate countries, the Western Balkan Six (WB6: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and...
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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
🚨 I'm recruiting a PhD student for a new project on Parties' social group ownership, based in the @vd-researchgroup.bsky.social research group at KU Leuven! Deadline for applying is 26 June, estimated starting date is 1 Oct 2026. All info is here 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo... Share widely!
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West European Politics @wepsocial.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
🎉 Online first: What moves voters' trust in a political party? @annkristinkolln.bsky.social's new study shows that a party's pledge record and its procedural transparency shift trust by 7–26 points — read by voters as signals of ability and integrity. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0140...
Abstract of the article "A party's pledge fulfillment and procedural transparency affect voters' trust" by Ann-Kristin Kölln, published online first in West European Politics. Shows the title, author, and abstract summarising a survey experiment on how party performance cues shape trust.
Figure 2: point estimates of voters' trust in the party (scale 0–1) under three experimental conditions — control, good pledge fulfilment, and bad pledge fulfilment — with 95 percent confidence intervals. Trust is highest under good fulfilment (~0.52), intermediate under control (~0.48), and markedly lower under bad fulfilment (~0.36).Figure 6: two line plots showing predicted effects of perceptions of a party's pledge fulfilment (left) and law compliance (right) on voters' trust (0–1), both measured on a 1–7 scale with 95 percent confidence ribbons. Trust rises steadily with perceived pledge fulfilment and law-compliance.
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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
From January 2026 - Legislator or Representative? Politicians’ Tasks According to Voters - cup.org/49LV0Ia - Helene Helboe Pedersen (Aarhus University) #OpenAccess
BJPolS abstract summarizing a research study about the influence of politicians' prioritization on democratic engagement. Discusses how voters' values impact their preferences for representatives.
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Lena Maria Huber @lenamariahuber.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Another day, another publication: Our new paper introduces a transformer-based approach to measure how parties talk about each other, capturing who talks about whom and with what stance, with applications to coalition signals in Germany and negative campaigning in Austria. Out now, open access!
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Felix Lehmann @felixlehmann.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Why does mainstream accommodation of far-right and Eurosceptic parties often electorally backfire? In my 3rd dissertation paper, just published in @wepsocial.bsky.social, I argue that voters specifically punish internally divided parties for accommodation: doi.org/10.1080/0140... 1/13 🧵
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Mike Cowburn @mikecowburn.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
🚨🎉 New Publication! 🎉🚨 Measuring Factional Conflict: A Comparative Approach Using Party Leadership Contests w/ @malpas.bsky.social & @blumrm.bsky.social Out now in Party Politics. 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/1354... (🧵 below)
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Measuring factional conflict: A comparative approach using party leadership contests - Mike Cowburn, Amelia Malpas, Rachel M Blum, 2026
Intra-party factions have attracted increased scholarly attention in the twenty-first century as party systems have fragmented. Yet, we lack a comparative appro...
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Felix Lehmann @felixlehmann.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Are parties responsive to public opinion? In my first research note, just published in @ejprjournal.bsky.social, I find consistent evidence that parties across the EU shift their positions to align with the preferences of their partisan supporters: doi.org/10.1017/S147... 1/12 🧵
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Everything for the fans: Party responsiveness across the EU over time | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Everything for the fans: Party responsiveness across the EU over time
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Jesper Lindqvist @jesperlindqvist.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
🧵I am happy to announce a new article in Political Behavior @polbehavior.bsky.social, “Are the Politically Active Better Represented?”, co-authored with @jenny-oser.bsky.social, @rdassonneville.bsky.social, @professormpersson.bsky.social, and Anders Sundell. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Are the Politically Active Better Represented? - Political Behavior
Political participation is considered an important path for people to influence politics. However, whether those who participate actually see more of their preferred policies implemented remains an op...
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Bilyana Petrova @bpetrova.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
New article by Ayelén Vanegas. It explores how redistributive attitudes react to citizens' evaluations of policy results. It is a fascinating analysis of the conditions under which beneficiaries of social policies cease to support them. Fantastic work. www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
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David Attewell @davidattewell6.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
The last paper of @dpzollinger.bsky.social and I's Special Issue 'Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies' is now out at @wepsocial.bsky.social. Florent Gougou & @simonpersico.bsky.social's paper analyzes ecological conflict in the longue durée through a Lipset-Rokkanian lens.
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Luis Sattelmayer @luissattelmayer.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Publication Alert 🚨 Our paper on the effect of Symbolic Policies on Climate Policy Support has been published in the APSR! @apsrjournal.bsky.social Below is a summary of the results Extremely grateful to have written this with the wonderful @malojan.bsky.social and @theodoretallent.bsky.social 🥳
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Sophia Hunger @sophiahunger.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
🚨🚨 job alert time 🚨🚨 @unibremen.bsky.social 3 PhD positions within the 3rd phase of the @sfb1342.bsky.social, with a focus on computational methods and/or on protest mobilization, specifically with a focus on Africa. Starting time: early 2026, deadline: 14th of January. more info below:
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Fabian Habersack @fabianhabersack.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
“Some people are saying there’s a workshop. Others are saying there isn’t one. A lot of people are talking about it. The best people!” 📚 Joint Sessions workshop on party policy ambiguity 📍 ECPR Joint Sessions 2026 Innsbruck 🚀 Send in your abstract by 10 December ecpr.eu/Events/Event... #ecprjs26
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Trump on striking Iranian nuclear facilities: 'I may do it. I may not do it.'
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Florence So @floriso.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
🌟 JOB ALERT! 🌟 I’m hiring 1 postdoc for my ERC project ECONENGAGE (@ Gothenburg 🇸🇪)! Starting ca. Aug '26! Congenial colleagues + int'l & supportive environment. 💸 for conferences + workshops! Lots of professional networking opportunities with scholars! Deadline Jan 7th. Apply! (see more below 🧵)
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science PAR 2025/838
The Department of Political Science is an international academic environment that welcomes students, researchers and
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Federico Trastulli @fedetrastulli.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
🆕 Great to see our work on the determinants and measurement of individual-level issue salience now out in @ejprjournal.bsky.social! If you haven't, check out my fantastic co-author @gefjonoff.bsky.social's thread below 👇 bsky.app/profile/gefj...
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Gefjon Off @gefjonoff.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
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?
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Who prioritises what? Determinants and measurement of voters’ issue prioritisation | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Who prioritises what? Determinants and measurement of voters’ issue prioritisation
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Jonathan Polk @jonathanpolk.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
The 2024 EU @chesdata.bsky.social has been added to both the trend file (1999-2024) and the Shiny app. Please take both for a spin! www.chesdata.eu/ches-europe chesdata.shinyapps.io/Shiny-CHES/
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Delia Zollinger @dpzollinger.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
How are contemporary cleavage structures stabilized in times of declining mass social and political organizations? In this new paper with @davidattewell6.bsky.social @bjpols.bsky.social, we suggest that homogeneous social (educational) networks provide part of the answer. tinyurl.com/49cs8jwp
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Educational Networks, Social Closure, and Cleavage Stabilization | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Educational Networks, Social Closure, and Cleavage Stabilization - Volume 55
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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
NEW - Educational Networks, Social Closure, and Cleavage Stabilization - cup.org/47ifc4B "we show that educational divides are diminished in the presence of countervailing networks" - @davidattewell6.bsky.social & @dpzollinger.bsky.social #OpenAccess
BJPolS Abstract discussing educational attainment, social networks, and political behavior in Germany, the UK, and Switzerland.
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Jacob Gunderson @jacobgunderson.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Really pleased to this out as part of special issues on "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies". Huge thanks to the SI editors, @dpzollinger.bsky.social and @davidattewell6.bsky.social for putting the special together and all of their support during the process.
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West European Politics @wepsocial.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
💥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 · 07/10/2025
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.
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David Attewell @davidattewell6.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
@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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Mike Cowburn @mikecowburn.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
🚨🎉 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 · 13/09/2025
@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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Are party families in Europe ideologically coherent today?
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Alex Mierke-Zatwarnicki @mierkezat.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
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 · 25/08/2025
🚨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 · 14/08/2025
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: 1/
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Gefjon Off @gefjonoff.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
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....
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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...
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Matthew E Bergman, PhD @mebergman.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
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....
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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...
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Jacob Gunderson @jacobgunderson.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Another great paper by @felixlehmann.bsky.social!
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 28/07/2025
#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 · 25/07/2025
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 · 17/07/2025
🚨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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