Reflecting the importance of inequality for individuals' lives, the implications of labor market
inequality for core elements of democracy are crucial topics in comparative politics and …

The central political claim of Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism is that class actors, through
the instruments of the democratic process, can modify capitalism. Where working-class …

Recent elections have revived the debate about the decline of social democracy, often
attributed to the numerical decline in the working class and its alienation due to the …

While there are some signs of revitalization, social democracy has witnessed a deep
electoral crisis over the last decades. The causes for the decline of social democratic parties …

Far‐right parties are on the rise across Europe. Their shared populist rhetoric, emphasis on
sovereignty and policies that promote a 'national preference'has facilitated the term 'the new …

Recently, developed economies have witnessed an emerging dualism between the so-
called labor market 'insiders and outsiders'—two groups facing divergent levels of …

This article contests the view that the strong positive correlation between anti-immigration
attitudes and far right party success necessarily constitutes evidence in support of the …

This article investigates whether self-interest as compared with values or ideological
dispositions shapes individual attitudes towards the welfare state. Causal interpretations of …

How does labour market disadvantage translate into political behaviour? Bringing together
the literatures on political alienation, redistribution preferences and insider-outsider politics …

Explaining social policy preferences has become a major topic in comparative politics with
labor market risk as a key determinant of these preferences. However, one question …