Linus Westheuser
@lwestheuser.bsky.social
Political sociologist at Humboldt University Berlin・Class, morality, cleavage politics・🔗 linuswestheuser.com
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OK, a🧵: Our new paper studies workers' political consciousness in times of class demobilization.
We show there's more to workers' politics than right-wing resentment. Listening to workers, we reconstruct their moral critiques of money, power & recognition.
Link journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We show there's more to workers' politics than right-wing resentment. Listening to workers, we reconstruct their moral critiques of money, power & recognition.
Link journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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🧵💚Does the Green Party's wider focus on economic/social justice issues mean that climate is being crowded out? Not for their voters - in fact those who now say they would vote green are more likely to back a range of 'climate action' measures than those who voted Green in 2024.
November 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
🧵💚Does the Green Party's wider focus on economic/social justice issues mean that climate is being crowded out? Not for their voters - in fact those who now say they would vote green are more likely to back a range of 'climate action' measures than those who voted Green in 2024.
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What a great and necessary paper: "This article contends that this ‘polarisation narrative’ simplifies complex issues through a bad analogy: the construction of a spectrum where good should be found in the middle of diametrically opposed political positions."
What a great and necessary paper: "This article contends that this ‘polarisation narrative’ simplifies complex issues through a bad analogy: the construction of a spectrum where good should be found in the middle of diametrically opposed political positions."
www.researchgate.net
November 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
www.researchgate.net/profile/Juan...
What a great and necessary paper: "This article contends that this ‘polarisation narrative’ simplifies complex issues through a bad analogy: the construction of a spectrum where good should be found in the middle of diametrically opposed political positions."
What a great and necessary paper: "This article contends that this ‘polarisation narrative’ simplifies complex issues through a bad analogy: the construction of a spectrum where good should be found in the middle of diametrically opposed political positions."
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I summarize one of the themes of my new book -- on how to rebuild the middle class -- in this NYT guest essay www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
Opinion | This Is What a Good Job Looks Like
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November 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I summarize one of the themes of my new book -- on how to rebuild the middle class -- in this NYT guest essay www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
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Am Morgen des 10.11. brannten viele Synagogen noch. Straßen waren überzogen mit Glassplittern, Juden wurden durch Gassen getrieben, bespuckt, beschimpft, geschlagen - ermordet. Auch Kinder und Alte. Nicht nur in großen Städten. Es geschah nicht heimlich, sondern in aller Öffentlichkeit. (1)
November 10, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Am Morgen des 10.11. brannten viele Synagogen noch. Straßen waren überzogen mit Glassplittern, Juden wurden durch Gassen getrieben, bespuckt, beschimpft, geschlagen - ermordet. Auch Kinder und Alte. Nicht nur in großen Städten. Es geschah nicht heimlich, sondern in aller Öffentlichkeit. (1)
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If guaranteeing essentials sounds radical, it speaks to how far we’ve drifted from democracy’s core promises. Markets will not beat back the far right. But an antifascist economics might. Mamdani provides a playbook for democrats around the world.
My latest www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My latest www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Zohran Mamdani shows how Democrats can defeat authoritarians like Trump | Isabella Weber
Democrats have two choices: fight to make life affordable again for ordinary people or watch voters embrace authoritarians
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November 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
If guaranteeing essentials sounds radical, it speaks to how far we’ve drifted from democracy’s core promises. Markets will not beat back the far right. But an antifascist economics might. Mamdani provides a playbook for democrats around the world.
My latest www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My latest www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Ein Richter bezeichnete Sinti & Roma in einer Facebook-Gruppe als "Rotationseuropäer mit Eigentumszuordnungsschwäche": Das sei zwar eine "grob geschmacklose Entgleisung", aber eben keine Volksverhetzung, so das OLG Gera. Details von @tanjapodolski.bsky.social.
OLG: Kein Volksverhetzungsprozess gegen Richter Bengt Fuchs
Das LG Gera muss gegen den Richter Bengt Fuchs kein Strafverfahren eröffnen. Das OLG in Jena hat die sofortige Beschwerde der Staatsanwaltschaft verworfen.
www.lto.de
November 6, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Ein Richter bezeichnete Sinti & Roma in einer Facebook-Gruppe als "Rotationseuropäer mit Eigentumszuordnungsschwäche": Das sei zwar eine "grob geschmacklose Entgleisung", aber eben keine Volksverhetzung, so das OLG Gera. Details von @tanjapodolski.bsky.social.
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Four (!) three-year postdoc positions available at @au.dk: international.au.dk/about/profil...
Join an incredible team & help understand the psychological & political implications of the clash between high-speed society & slow-speed democracy.
Please share! @tboeggild.bsky.social can help with Qs
Join an incredible team & help understand the psychological & political implications of the clash between high-speed society & slow-speed democracy.
Please share! @tboeggild.bsky.social can help with Qs
Four three-year postdoctoral positions in the project Slow-Motion Democracy - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus University
international.au.dk
November 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Four (!) three-year postdoc positions available at @au.dk: international.au.dk/about/profil...
Join an incredible team & help understand the psychological & political implications of the clash between high-speed society & slow-speed democracy.
Please share! @tboeggild.bsky.social can help with Qs
Join an incredible team & help understand the psychological & political implications of the clash between high-speed society & slow-speed democracy.
Please share! @tboeggild.bsky.social can help with Qs
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I jump into the moderation debate. I agree with @adambonica.bsky.social and @gelliottmorris.com on the methodology, but I want to draw attention to a bigger issue. The collapse of candidate effects generally.
leedrutman.substack.com/p/the-modera...
leedrutman.substack.com/p/the-modera...
October 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I jump into the moderation debate. I agree with @adambonica.bsky.social and @gelliottmorris.com on the methodology, but I want to draw attention to a bigger issue. The collapse of candidate effects generally.
leedrutman.substack.com/p/the-modera...
leedrutman.substack.com/p/the-modera...
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Ein paar Punkte die wichtig sind beim Sieg von Mamdani.
Wer es sich nicht durchlesen möchte, der Sukkus ist, dass er alles negiert was die europäische Sozialdemokratie in weiten Teilen für gesichert hält. Er zeigt wie Sozialdemokratie sein könnte.
Fangen wir von vorne an:
Wer es sich nicht durchlesen möchte, der Sukkus ist, dass er alles negiert was die europäische Sozialdemokratie in weiten Teilen für gesichert hält. Er zeigt wie Sozialdemokratie sein könnte.
Fangen wir von vorne an:
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Ein paar Punkte die wichtig sind beim Sieg von Mamdani.
Wer es sich nicht durchlesen möchte, der Sukkus ist, dass er alles negiert was die europäische Sozialdemokratie in weiten Teilen für gesichert hält. Er zeigt wie Sozialdemokratie sein könnte.
Fangen wir von vorne an:
Wer es sich nicht durchlesen möchte, der Sukkus ist, dass er alles negiert was die europäische Sozialdemokratie in weiten Teilen für gesichert hält. Er zeigt wie Sozialdemokratie sein könnte.
Fangen wir von vorne an:
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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
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
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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November 6, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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
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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📣 New III working paper:
Javier Olivera, Christian Breunig, @ts-broderstad.bsky.social, Patrick Dumont and Maj-Britt Sterba compare the “mental maps” of redistribution among politicians and citizens across seven parliaments.
🔗 buff.ly/VJM2ICl
Javier Olivera, Christian Breunig, @ts-broderstad.bsky.social, Patrick Dumont and Maj-Britt Sterba compare the “mental maps” of redistribution among politicians and citizens across seven parliaments.
🔗 buff.ly/VJM2ICl
November 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
📣 New III working paper:
Javier Olivera, Christian Breunig, @ts-broderstad.bsky.social, Patrick Dumont and Maj-Britt Sterba compare the “mental maps” of redistribution among politicians and citizens across seven parliaments.
🔗 buff.ly/VJM2ICl
Javier Olivera, Christian Breunig, @ts-broderstad.bsky.social, Patrick Dumont and Maj-Britt Sterba compare the “mental maps” of redistribution among politicians and citizens across seven parliaments.
🔗 buff.ly/VJM2ICl
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We're hiring an outstanding Assistant Professor whose core research is in the field of cultural sociology with demonstrable expertise in the sociology of #culture and #technology.
📅 Applications close Sunday 30 November 2025.
➡️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
📅 Applications close Sunday 30 November 2025.
➡️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
October 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
We're hiring an outstanding Assistant Professor whose core research is in the field of cultural sociology with demonstrable expertise in the sociology of #culture and #technology.
📅 Applications close Sunday 30 November 2025.
➡️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
📅 Applications close Sunday 30 November 2025.
➡️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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October 2, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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New paper with @mhamjediers.bsky.social
German judges have discretion to apply rehabilitative juvenile criminal law (Jugendstrafrecht) or punitive adult criminal law to 18–20-year-old offenders. We show that immigrant youths are ~10 percentage points less likely to be sentenced under juvenile law
German judges have discretion to apply rehabilitative juvenile criminal law (Jugendstrafrecht) or punitive adult criminal law to 18–20-year-old offenders. We show that immigrant youths are ~10 percentage points less likely to be sentenced under juvenile law
NEW -
Anti-Immigrant Bias in the Choice Between Punitive and Rehabilitative Justice - https://cup.org/49vUfVa
- @riazsascha.bsky.social & @mhamjediers.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Anti-Immigrant Bias in the Choice Between Punitive and Rehabilitative Justice - https://cup.org/49vUfVa
- @riazsascha.bsky.social & @mhamjediers.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
November 4, 2025 at 11:20 AM
New paper with @mhamjediers.bsky.social
German judges have discretion to apply rehabilitative juvenile criminal law (Jugendstrafrecht) or punitive adult criminal law to 18–20-year-old offenders. We show that immigrant youths are ~10 percentage points less likely to be sentenced under juvenile law
German judges have discretion to apply rehabilitative juvenile criminal law (Jugendstrafrecht) or punitive adult criminal law to 18–20-year-old offenders. We show that immigrant youths are ~10 percentage points less likely to be sentenced under juvenile law
"First we take Manhattan/ Then we take Berlin"
November 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"First we take Manhattan/ Then we take Berlin"
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📣 Migrant*innen in Europa teilen demokratische Werte
Meldung der @dpa.com zur Studie von
MZES-Vorstandsmitglied Marc Helbling, @fguelzau.bsky.social ( @svrmigration.bsky.social ) und
MZES-Fellow @snmorgenstern.bsky.social
Pressemitteilung folgt.
👉 www.deutschlandfunk.de/migranten-in...
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Meldung der @dpa.com zur Studie von
MZES-Vorstandsmitglied Marc Helbling, @fguelzau.bsky.social ( @svrmigration.bsky.social ) und
MZES-Fellow @snmorgenstern.bsky.social
Pressemitteilung folgt.
👉 www.deutschlandfunk.de/migranten-in...
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Forschung - Migranten in Europa teilen demokratische Werte
Zuwanderer in Deutschland und anderen Staaten in Europa haben laut einer Untersuchung ähnlich ausgeprägte demokratische Werte wie Menschen ohne Migrationshintergrund. Das ergab eine Studie der Univers...
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November 3, 2025 at 7:59 AM
📣 Migrant*innen in Europa teilen demokratische Werte
Meldung der @dpa.com zur Studie von
MZES-Vorstandsmitglied Marc Helbling, @fguelzau.bsky.social ( @svrmigration.bsky.social ) und
MZES-Fellow @snmorgenstern.bsky.social
Pressemitteilung folgt.
👉 www.deutschlandfunk.de/migranten-in...
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Meldung der @dpa.com zur Studie von
MZES-Vorstandsmitglied Marc Helbling, @fguelzau.bsky.social ( @svrmigration.bsky.social ) und
MZES-Fellow @snmorgenstern.bsky.social
Pressemitteilung folgt.
👉 www.deutschlandfunk.de/migranten-in...
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I really am just working from the basic premise of political science that public opinion isn’t just measurable — you can and should CREATE it.
This never stops being true, but I’m not sure Ds have ever, at least in my lifetime, learned to apply it for good. *Creating* public opinion either never occurs to them, or if it does, offends their sensibilities? It’s exasperating
November 3, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I really am just working from the basic premise of political science that public opinion isn’t just measurable — you can and should CREATE it.
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
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Fürchte das trifft es, phänomenologisch gesprochen, ziemlich gut.
ein fakt, der zwar offensichtlich ist, auch mehrfach festgestellt wurde, aber alle tun weiter so, als könne das gar nicht sein:
elon musk ist ein neonazi, der mit der ganzen macht seiner plattform (im politischen wie technischen sinn) einen rassenkrieg in europa und usa entfachen will.
elon musk ist ein neonazi, der mit der ganzen macht seiner plattform (im politischen wie technischen sinn) einen rassenkrieg in europa und usa entfachen will.
Elon Musk, "These lovely small towns in England, Scotland and Ireland, they've been living their lives quietly. They're like hobbits"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
November 3, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Fürchte das trifft es, phänomenologisch gesprochen, ziemlich gut.
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Interesting paper! When you ask people about the most important issue "facing the country," they often say immigration. But when you ask them about issues facing them personally, it doesn't crack the top 10.
This indicates that voters are reacting to media narratives, not their own experience.
This indicates that voters are reacting to media narratives, not their own experience.
October 31, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Interesting paper! When you ask people about the most important issue "facing the country," they often say immigration. But when you ask them about issues facing them personally, it doesn't crack the top 10.
This indicates that voters are reacting to media narratives, not their own experience.
This indicates that voters are reacting to media narratives, not their own experience.
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The Free Movement of People and the Success of Far-Right Parties: Evidence from Switzerland’s Border Liberalization
The Free Movement of People and the Success of Far-Right Parties: Evidence from Switzerland’s Border Liberalization By Ala Alrababah, Bocconi University, Andreas Beerli, ETH Zurich,…
The Free Movement of People and the Success of Far-Right Parties: Evidence from Switzerland’s Border Liberalization By Ala Alrababah, Bocconi University, Andreas Beerli, ETH Zurich,…
The Free Movement of People and the Success of Far-Right Parties: Evidence from Switzerland’s Border Liberalization
The Free Movement of People and the Success of Far-Right Parties: Evidence from Switzerland’s Border Liberalization By Ala Alrababah, Bocconi University, Andreas Beerli, ETH Zurich, Dominik Hangartner, ETH Zurich, and Dalston Ward, ETH Zurich The main theories explaining electoral backlash against immigration focus on citizens’ cultural, economic, and security concerns. We test these predictions in Switzerland, which opened its labor market to neighboring countries in the 2000s.
politicalsciencenow.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The Free Movement of People and the Success of Far-Right Parties: Evidence from Switzerland’s Border Liberalization
The Free Movement of People and the Success of Far-Right Parties: Evidence from Switzerland’s Border Liberalization By Ala Alrababah, Bocconi University, Andreas Beerli, ETH Zurich,…
The Free Movement of People and the Success of Far-Right Parties: Evidence from Switzerland’s Border Liberalization By Ala Alrababah, Bocconi University, Andreas Beerli, ETH Zurich,…
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Wir sind noch immer im Garten, wo wir uns des ungewöhnlich schönen Wetters noch recht erfreuen und vergessen daß es auf lange Zeit von uns Abschied nimmt.
Schiller an Goethe 30.10.1798
Schiller an Goethe 30.10.1798
October 30, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Wir sind noch immer im Garten, wo wir uns des ungewöhnlich schönen Wetters noch recht erfreuen und vergessen daß es auf lange Zeit von uns Abschied nimmt.
Schiller an Goethe 30.10.1798
Schiller an Goethe 30.10.1798
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🚨New paper out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1080/1350...
@manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics.
@manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics.
October 29, 2025 at 9:55 AM
🚨New paper out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1080/1350...
@manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics.
@manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics.
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Visualized here. Hot tip for journalists: the real question isn’t why Wilders lost, but why the far right has consolidated — despite Wilders's ineffectiveness in government.
October 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Visualized here. Hot tip for journalists: the real question isn’t why Wilders lost, but why the far right has consolidated — despite Wilders's ineffectiveness in government.