timhellwig.bsky.social @timhellwig.bsky.social · 01/04/2026I'm happy to announce that a new edition of Russ Dalton's classic text, Citizen Politics, is forthcoming - pre-order now for your fall term courses! www.bloomsbury.com/us/citizen-p... 000
timhellwig.bsky.social @timhellwig.bsky.social · 03/03/2026New research with my excellent coauthor, Tonya Dodez. We examine when economic downturns lead to challenger party success - and when they don’t. 001
Reposted by @timhellwig.bsky.socialJournal of Politics @thejop.bsky.social · 23/02/2026"Polity Size and the Congested Budget: Evidence from Italian Municipalities" by Luca Bellodi and Massimo Morelli. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... 111
Reposted by @timhellwig.bsky.socialJournal of Politics @thejop.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Social scientists: How is generative AI changing how we produce knowledge? The JOP Blog launches a new AI Forum—a space for reflection, debate, and sharing. Join us: ubwp.buffalo.edu/jopblog/cate... Want to contribute? Read our submission guide: ubwp.buffalo.edu/jopblog/ai-f...ubwp.buffalo.eduAI Forum – The Journal of Politics Blog 042
Reposted by @timhellwig.bsky.socialEuropean Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Welfare politics is about who gets what 🎁😌 @petroleuse-sbd.bsky.social & Timothy Hellwig find evidence from Europe which shows economic security shapes welfare preferences, linking policy design directly to voter approval and electoral incentivesbuff.lyWelfare by design: Public responses to the distribution of old-age pensions | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge CoreWelfare by design: Public responses to the distribution of old-age pensions 034
timhellwig.bsky.social @timhellwig.bsky.social · 18/02/2026New research with Lawrence Ezrow and Werner Krause in @wepsocial.bsky.social We show that more extreme governments are more likely to deliver policy solely to their supporterstandfonline.comPolicy over votes: why extreme governments respond to their supportersResponsive government means changes in policy reflect changes in citizen preferences. But which citizens? This study examines that question through the lens of policymakers’ incentives to respond t... 0136
Reposted by @timhellwig.bsky.socialJournal of Politics @thejop.bsky.social · 13/02/2026"Do Voters Respond to the Economy or to News Reporting on the Economy? A Mediation Analysis" by Mark A. Kayser and Michael Peress. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... 0196
Reposted by @timhellwig.bsky.socialJournal of Politics @thejop.bsky.social · 16/02/2026"Women and the Wall: Gender Attitudes and Political Engagement in Unified Germany" by Catherine E. De Vries and Diana Z. O’Brien. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... 0104
Reposted by @timhellwig.bsky.socialWorld Politics @worldpolitics.bsky.social · 25/01/2026The January issue of WP is online! muse.jhu.edu/issue/56279 Read articles from Nikhar Gaikwad, @kolbyhanson.bsky.social, & @aliz-toth.bsky.social; Tim Vlandas; Tomothy Hellwig & Tonya K. Dodez; @davevitto.bsky.social, Sébastien Rojon, & @jbpilet.bsky.social; and Handi Li. #autocracy #democracy 064
timhellwig.bsky.social @timhellwig.bsky.social · 16/02/2026in this piece in @ejprjournal.bsky.social @petroleuse-sbd.bsky.social and I show how considering how social policy change registered on different constituencies can help us understand whether policy expansion benefits sitting governments.cambridge.orgWelfare by design: Public responses to the distribution of old-age pensions | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge CoreWelfare by design: Public responses to the distribution of old-age pensions 021
