Politics & Society

In a new P&S article, @donadica @AnkeHassel and @HopnerMartin show how Germany has doubled down on export-led growth and protected the core export industries. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

In response to the recent energy crisis, Germany's economic elites have insisted on protecting and strengthening the export-led growth model, with high fiscal costs for the state and society. A new P&S article explains. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

Germany's recent economic policy responses have been driven largely by an export sector growth coalition led by cross-class alliances in the chemical, metalworking, and engineering sectors. A new P&S article explains. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

A new P&S paper considers landlords as petty tyrants, arguing that rental housing is a sphere where people are subject to substantial unaccountable power in ways that drastically limit their autonomy. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

Sadie Dempsey @sadiemdempsey and Benny Witkovsky @bwitkovsky published an article in @ConversationUS about their new Politics & Society @pasupdates article. theconversation.com/swing-state-go…

In the run-up to January 6, local political institutions—namely, county-level Republican parties on Facebook—stoked anger, fanned the flames of the #StopTheSteal movement, and paved the way for the US Capitol attack. #sec-4" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

As a recent P&S article shows, state and local political institutions, events, and actors—in this case, county Republican parties on Facebook—were instrumental in paving the way for January 6. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

"Citizens’ policy preferences are a constraint on government choices pertaining to redistribution rather a (let alone *the*) driver of policy change." journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

A new P&S article by @RossetJan, Jérémie Poltier, and Jonas Pontusson argues that insights about unequal policy responsiveness can be gained by exploring temporal dynamics and variation across policy domains, as well as variation across countries. #sec-4" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

A new P&S article argues that the literature on preferences for redistribution ought to focus more on public support for specific policies with redistributive implications, as opposed to general attitudes toward inequality and the role of the state. #sec-4" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

In India, the far right has been successful by means of "organizational diffusion," creating proxy civil society organizations through which central network executives can covertly organize sophisticated divisions of labor. #sec-1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

A new P&S article explains far-right success as a result of proxy civil society organizations through which central network executives can covertly organize sophisticated divisions of labor. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

"Housing problems are not just economic; they are centrally structured along dimensions of power, freedom, collective self-determination, and conflict." #sec-5" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

A new P&S article looks at landlords as petty tyrants, drawing on Elizabeth Anderson's concept of private government. #sec-5" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

Coming soon in P&S: Felix Pal on the Far Right in India and how it wins.

Coming soon in P&S: Jan Rosset, Jérémie Poltier, and Jonas Pontusson on the uneven response to rising inequality in democratic countries.

"At virtually every moment [in the lead-up to January 6], we show that local actors played a key role in perpetuating, strengthening, and sometimes even crafting Trump's political and communication strategy." journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

Coming soon in P&S: Shai Karp (Northwestern University) on landlords as petty tyrants and rental residential domination.

"The #StopTheSteal movement was a planned, coordinated, months-long campaign to convince the public that the 2020 election was stolen through fraud and that Donald Trump had won." journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

A new P&S article by @sadiemdempsey et al. shows how county Republican parties tried to help Trump overturn the 2020 election. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…