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WEP Journal @wepsocial.bsky.social · 3d

Exciting news:

West European Politics reached a new milestone in 2025: over 640,000 article downloads 🎉

That is a roughly 30% increase from 2024 and the highest annual readership in the journal's history!

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WEP Journal @wepsocial.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks to everyone who contributes to the journal as authors, reviewers, editors, and readers. Looking forward to another strong year of research on European politics.

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WEP Journal @wepsocial.bsky.social · 3d

The journal's readership remains truly international, with the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany being the top three download locations in 2025 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇩🇪

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WEP Journal @wepsocial.bsky.social · 13d

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How does owning a home change how people feel about politics?

In this article, @mhaslberger.bsky.social and @madselk.bsky.social find that owning a home is linked to feeling more politically included, especially for older people.

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Abstract of "Homeownership and political efficacy: how housing wealth shapes whether people feel heard" by Matthias Haslberger and Mads Andreas Elkjær, published in West European Politics.

Predicted levels of external efficacy by housing tenure and age, with 95% confidence intervals. Covariates fixed at: Married male Conservative voter without university degree living in Southeast England, full-time employed with average income.

WEP Journal @wepsocial.bsky.social · 14d

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How do EU parties balance immigration and EU integration views in Parliament votes?

In this study, @miriamsorace.bsky.social and Natascha Zaun show parties stick to their immigration stance but shift with public opinion on EU integration.

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Abstract of "Dimension-specific party and public opinion responsiveness in the EU immigration acquis" by Miriam Sorace and Natascha Zaun, published in West European Politics.

Wordscores results – increasing immigration restrictiveness in EU legislation over time, Loess Line.

Marginal effects plot of the marginal effect of dossier responsiveness on "yes" votes by public euroscepticism (left panel) or public anti-immigration sentiment (right panel).

Reposted by Ben H. Ansell, Klaus H. Goetz

Nuffield College Library @nuffieldlibrary.bsky.social · 14d

Homeownership and political efficacy: how housing wealth shapes whether people feel heard
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Paper in @wepsocial.bsky.social by Associate Member @mhaslberger.bsky.social, @madselk.bsky.social and @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Fellow @benansell.bsky.social

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Reposted by Ben H. Ansell, Klaus H. Goetz

Matthias Haslberger @mhaslberger.bsky.social · 14d

Just out in @wepsocial.bsky.social: how housing wealth shapes whether people feel heard. Together with @madselk.bsky.social and @benansell.bsky.social, I looked at a neglected determinant of political efficacy: homeownership.

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Homeownership and political efficacy: how housing wealth shapes whether people feel heard

Why do some citizens feel that political institutions are responsive to people like them, while others do not? Existing research highlights the role of education and income in shaping external poli...

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Reposted by Klaus H. Goetz, Jens Rydgren

Vincenzo Emanuele @vincenzoemanuele.bsky.social · 16d

📖✅Our open access article 'Lipset and Rokkan meet data' on the electoral structuring of traditional #cleavages has been issued on @wepsocial.bsky.social
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Reposted by Will Jennings, Klaus H. Goetz

Miriam Sorace @miriamsorace.bsky.social · 17d

Thrilled to see my joint work with Natascha Zaun published in @wepsocial.bsky.social 🎉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... a 🧵...

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Department of Government, Uppsala University @uu-polisci.bsky.social · 19d

In this @wepsocial.bsky.social article, @Karin Leijon analyzes the role of national courts in EU legal integration. The findings suggest that national courts regularly strike a balance between EU integration and member state autonomy.

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Reposted by Jens Rydgren, Simon Persico

WEP Journal @wepsocial.bsky.social · 26d

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“The Ecologism/Productivism cleavage: reassessing the transformation of cleavage politics in Western Europe”

by Florent Gougou & Simon Persico

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The abstract of the article "The Ecologism/Productivism cleavage: reassessing the transformation of cleavage politics in Western Europe" by Florent Gougou and Simon Persico, published in the journal West European Politics.

Pairwise correlations between ecologism and four key political cleavages in public opinion across 12 Western european countries. Data: European Value Study 2017.

Figure showing theoretical argument about the sequence of formation of the productivism/ecologism cleavage linked to the productivist revolution.

Reposted by Klaus H. Goetz

Thorsten Faas @wahlforschung.thorstenfaas.de · Jan 9

Same old, same old?

Germany held an early election after the implosion of the traffic-light coalition in Feb 25. Some takeaways from our election report @klingelt.bsky.social @wepsocial.bsky.social

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WEP Journal @wepsocial.bsky.social · Jan 9

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"Same old, same old? The return of the (not so) Grand Coalition after the 2025 German Bundestag election" by @wahlforschung.thorstenfaas.de & @klingelt.bsky.social

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Abstract of the article "Same old, same old? The return of the (not so) Grand Coalition after the 2025 German Bundestag election" by Thorsten Faas & Tristan Klingelhöfer. Published online first in West European Politics.

Time series graph of net government approval of the German government, by party, from 2022 through 2024.

Reposted by Robert Huber, Klaus H. Goetz

Martin Gross @martingross.bsky.social · Jan 5

After 8️⃣ years as Social Media Editor of @wepsocial.bsky.social I am very happy to announce that @chdausgaard.bsky.social takes over from 1 January 2026 on. 🥳

It was a great pleasure to be part of @wepsocial.bsky.social journey & I thank the editors for the trust they have placed in me. 😊

WEP Journal @wepsocial.bsky.social · Dec 23

🎊 Online first: "Vote choices in the Council of the European Union 2010 to 2021" by @arash-p.bsky.social & Madeleine Hosli

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Abstract of the article "Vote choices in the Council of the European Union 2010 to 2021" by Arash Pourebrahimi and Madeleine O. Hosli. Published online first in West European Politics.

Table 1, displaying the vote choice by EU member states in the Council between 2010 and 2021.

WEP Journal @wepsocial.bsky.social · Dec 23

🎉Online first: "Blame games, problem denial, and relational distance" by Thomas Elston, Christopher A. Cooper & Anna Bilous

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Abstract of the article "Blame games, problem denial, and relational distance" by Thomas Elston, Christoper A. Cooper and Anna Bilous. Published online first in West European Politics.

Figure 2, displaying the predicted probabilities of accepting recommendations, with 95% confidence intervals.

Figure 3, displaying the probability of accepting recommendations as an interaction between core executive and media attention.

Figure 4, displaying the probability of accepting recommendations as an interaction between ministry and media attention.

Reposted by Robert Huber, Klaus H. Goetz

Heike Klüver @heikekluever.bsky.social · Dec 18

🎉 Excited to share that our article “Adopting restriction: how coalition governments respond to radical right parties” (with @fabioellger.bsky.social) has won the Gordon Smith & Vincent Wright Memorial Prize 2025 from @wepsocial.bsky.social 🏆

WEP Journal @wepsocial.bsky.social · Dec 16

🎉 The Gordon Smith & Vincent Wright Memorial Prizes 2025 have been awarded to @fabioellger.bsky.social & @heikekluever.bsky.social and Marie Kübler!

The full announcement can be found here:
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