Linus Westheuser
@lwestheuser.bsky.social
Political sociologist・Senior Researcher at a new Max Planck Institute for the study of politics and society in Göttingen・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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Trump: "I don't want to drive housing prices down. I want to drive housing prices up for people who own homes."
January 29, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Trump: "I don't want to drive housing prices down. I want to drive housing prices up for people who own homes."
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An Injury To All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class will be published by Verso in October!
Today I submitted responses to last comments from my editor and worked on the blurb. It's getting closer and closer!
Today I submitted responses to last comments from my editor and worked on the blurb. It's getting closer and closer!
January 28, 2026 at 8:53 PM
An Injury To All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class will be published by Verso in October!
Today I submitted responses to last comments from my editor and worked on the blurb. It's getting closer and closer!
Today I submitted responses to last comments from my editor and worked on the blurb. It's getting closer and closer!
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Manchester capitalism rebranded as a lifestyle choice. It's what happens when the left withdraws from shaping identities around work, life, and politics. Individualism, conservatism ("marry early"), puritanism. They all shape how he will act politically. "Care for the sick? No, it's their own fault"
January 29, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Manchester capitalism rebranded as a lifestyle choice. It's what happens when the left withdraws from shaping identities around work, life, and politics. Individualism, conservatism ("marry early"), puritanism. They all shape how he will act politically. "Care for the sick? No, it's their own fault"
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Martenstein, Mario Barth und die Armee der Amazon-Rezensenten
Nichts bringt das Bürgertum so in Wallung wie das befreite Wiehern über geschlechtergerechte Sprache.
Hier habe ich darüber geschrieben.
kulturundkontroverse859.substack.com/p/martenstei...
Nichts bringt das Bürgertum so in Wallung wie das befreite Wiehern über geschlechtergerechte Sprache.
Hier habe ich darüber geschrieben.
kulturundkontroverse859.substack.com/p/martenstei...
Martenstein, Mario Barth und die Armee der Amazon-Rezensenten
Über den Triggerpunkt geschlechtergerechter Sprache
kulturundkontroverse859.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Martenstein, Mario Barth und die Armee der Amazon-Rezensenten
Nichts bringt das Bürgertum so in Wallung wie das befreite Wiehern über geschlechtergerechte Sprache.
Hier habe ich darüber geschrieben.
kulturundkontroverse859.substack.com/p/martenstei...
Nichts bringt das Bürgertum so in Wallung wie das befreite Wiehern über geschlechtergerechte Sprache.
Hier habe ich darüber geschrieben.
kulturundkontroverse859.substack.com/p/martenstei...
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🚨Happy to finally see this out in the @ejprjournal.bsky.social (with @leonardocarella.bsky.social)
⁉️ Does growing up when immigration is salient make people vote for parties they agree with on immigration *for the rest of their lives*?
doi.org/10.1017/S147...
⁉️ Does growing up when immigration is salient make people vote for parties they agree with on immigration *for the rest of their lives*?
doi.org/10.1017/S147...
From context to congruence: Immigration salience and voter socialization | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
From context to congruence: Immigration salience and voter socialization
doi.org
January 27, 2026 at 8:18 AM
🚨Happy to finally see this out in the @ejprjournal.bsky.social (with @leonardocarella.bsky.social)
⁉️ Does growing up when immigration is salient make people vote for parties they agree with on immigration *for the rest of their lives*?
doi.org/10.1017/S147...
⁉️ Does growing up when immigration is salient make people vote for parties they agree with on immigration *for the rest of their lives*?
doi.org/10.1017/S147...
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Der Mechanismus ist bekannt: Gewalt & Militarisierung werden an den Grenzen eingeübt und normalisiert, die Bevölkerung an brutales Vorgehen & eine "harte Hand" gewöhnt, bis diese auch ins Innere der Gesellschaft und auf privilegierte Gruppen (weiße Protestant:innen, Staatsbürger:innen) ausgreifen.
January 26, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Der Mechanismus ist bekannt: Gewalt & Militarisierung werden an den Grenzen eingeübt und normalisiert, die Bevölkerung an brutales Vorgehen & eine "harte Hand" gewöhnt, bis diese auch ins Innere der Gesellschaft und auf privilegierte Gruppen (weiße Protestant:innen, Staatsbürger:innen) ausgreifen.
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Wer meint, sowas wie ICE "kann bei uns nicht passieren", ist a) geschichtsvergessen und hat b) die Situation an den Außengrenzen & entlang der Balkanroute nicht verfolgt. Nur 1 Beispiel: 2021 prügelten vermummte Beamte der kroatischen Polizei auf Geflüchtete ein...
www.spiegel.de/ausland/kroa...
www.spiegel.de/ausland/kroa...
Kroatiens Innenminister Davor Božinović gibt Misshandlungen von Flüchtlingen durch Polizisten zu
Recherchen des SPIEGEL und weiterer Medienpartner belegen, dass kroatische Polizisten auf Flüchtlinge einprügelten. Innenminister Božinović räumt die Vorwürfe ein – will aber offenbar selbst keine Ver...
www.spiegel.de
January 26, 2026 at 6:57 AM
Wer meint, sowas wie ICE "kann bei uns nicht passieren", ist a) geschichtsvergessen und hat b) die Situation an den Außengrenzen & entlang der Balkanroute nicht verfolgt. Nur 1 Beispiel: 2021 prügelten vermummte Beamte der kroatischen Polizei auf Geflüchtete ein...
www.spiegel.de/ausland/kroa...
www.spiegel.de/ausland/kroa...
...beim CDU-Wirtschaftsflügel arbeitet man währenddessen schon auf Hochtouren an den nächsten Vorschlägen.
January 26, 2026 at 9:31 AM
...beim CDU-Wirtschaftsflügel arbeitet man währenddessen schon auf Hochtouren an den nächsten Vorschlägen.
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Der Fotograf Erwin Blumenfeld wurde am 26. Januar 1897 in Berlin geboren. Bis 1913 besuchte er das Askanische Gymnasium. Nach dem Tod des Vaters musste er die Schule aufgeben und machte stattdessen eine dreijährige Lehre beim Damenkonfektionär Moses & Schlochauer am Hausvogteiplatz. 🧵
On Gustave Eiffel's birthday, my favourite Eiffel Tower photographs
📷 Lisa Fonssagrives by Erwin Blumenfeld, 1939
"Weren’t you petrified when you hung off the Eiffel Tower for Blumenfeld?"
"No, I was too young and too strong. I was a dancer & a skier & very athletic."
📷 Lisa Fonssagrives by Erwin Blumenfeld, 1939
"Weren’t you petrified when you hung off the Eiffel Tower for Blumenfeld?"
"No, I was too young and too strong. I was a dancer & a skier & very athletic."
January 26, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Der Fotograf Erwin Blumenfeld wurde am 26. Januar 1897 in Berlin geboren. Bis 1913 besuchte er das Askanische Gymnasium. Nach dem Tod des Vaters musste er die Schule aufgeben und machte stattdessen eine dreijährige Lehre beim Damenkonfektionär Moses & Schlochauer am Hausvogteiplatz. 🧵
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A highlight of my year was @iliasalami.bsky.social & I chatting with @danieldenvir.bsky.social on how America First may very well end up with America Alone.
Global Conjuncture, Part 1: thedigradio.com/podcast/glob...
Part 2: thedigradio.com/podcast/new-...
Global Conjuncture, Part 1: thedigradio.com/podcast/glob...
Part 2: thedigradio.com/podcast/new-...
December 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
A highlight of my year was @iliasalami.bsky.social & I chatting with @danieldenvir.bsky.social on how America First may very well end up with America Alone.
Global Conjuncture, Part 1: thedigradio.com/podcast/glob...
Part 2: thedigradio.com/podcast/new-...
Global Conjuncture, Part 1: thedigradio.com/podcast/glob...
Part 2: thedigradio.com/podcast/new-...
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Appears this is also true for fascism.
January 24, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Appears this is also true for fascism.
I should probably mention that we have a book on this coming out in English soon :) bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/triggerpoints @steffenmau.bsky.social @thomaslux.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 12:00 PM
I should probably mention that we have a book on this coming out in English soon :) bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/triggerpoints @steffenmau.bsky.social @thomaslux.bsky.social
Dromedarland USA
"Across a wide range of issues, most Americans appear to have moderate preferences over policy. Democrats tend to be more liberal than Republicans, but there is significant overlap on every issue, and the average extent of disagreement is modest."
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
"Across a wide range of issues, most Americans appear to have moderate preferences over policy. Democrats tend to be more liberal than Republicans, but there is significant overlap on every issue, and the average extent of disagreement is modest."
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reassessing Extremism, Polarization, and Constraint with Continuous Policy Questions - Political Behavior
Some argue that the American public is extreme and polarized along party lines. Paradoxically, others argue that members of the public lack meaningful policy preferences and exhibit low constraint acr...
link.springer.com
January 25, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Dromedarland USA
"Across a wide range of issues, most Americans appear to have moderate preferences over policy. Democrats tend to be more liberal than Republicans, but there is significant overlap on every issue, and the average extent of disagreement is modest."
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
"Across a wide range of issues, most Americans appear to have moderate preferences over policy. Democrats tend to be more liberal than Republicans, but there is significant overlap on every issue, and the average extent of disagreement is modest."
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Really good to see @yougov transitioning to using an occupational measure of social class (ns-sec) but it is worth adding that by far the strongest occupational class pattern is in non-voting.
January 22, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Really good to see @yougov transitioning to using an occupational measure of social class (ns-sec) but it is worth adding that by far the strongest occupational class pattern is in non-voting.
Pretty amazing how Labour managed to demobilize or drive away nearly two thirds of its 2024 electorate
🧵/ How would Britain vote at the start of 2026: Our new study of 17,000 Britons breaks down current voting intention by factors such as age, socio-economic classification, past vote, and more...
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
January 21, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Pretty amazing how Labour managed to demobilize or drive away nearly two thirds of its 2024 electorate
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New paper on agonistic workplace democracy 🚨
Workplace democracy is too often viewed as peaceful & deliberative, while implicit hierarchies from within & without the workplace skew interactions. We must acknowledge conflict to dismantle these hidden inequalities.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Workplace democracy is too often viewed as peaceful & deliberative, while implicit hierarchies from within & without the workplace skew interactions. We must acknowledge conflict to dismantle these hidden inequalities.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
January 20, 2026 at 10:09 AM
New paper on agonistic workplace democracy 🚨
Workplace democracy is too often viewed as peaceful & deliberative, while implicit hierarchies from within & without the workplace skew interactions. We must acknowledge conflict to dismantle these hidden inequalities.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Workplace democracy is too often viewed as peaceful & deliberative, while implicit hierarchies from within & without the workplace skew interactions. We must acknowledge conflict to dismantle these hidden inequalities.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Happy to share this new paper @jeppjournal.bsky.social with my great colleagues @dweisstanner.bsky.social & Carsten Jensen.
In "Winning with equality", we show "how left-wing parties attract votes but [in doing so] amplify electoral cleavages"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Key points in 📈👇
In "Winning with equality", we show "how left-wing parties attract votes but [in doing so] amplify electoral cleavages"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Key points in 📈👇
January 19, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Happy to share this new paper @jeppjournal.bsky.social with my great colleagues @dweisstanner.bsky.social & Carsten Jensen.
In "Winning with equality", we show "how left-wing parties attract votes but [in doing so] amplify electoral cleavages"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Key points in 📈👇
In "Winning with equality", we show "how left-wing parties attract votes but [in doing so] amplify electoral cleavages"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Key points in 📈👇
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🎉 NEW PUBLICATION🎉
Our paper on "the effect of symbolic policies on climate policy support" has just been published in the APSR ! @apsrjournal.bsky.social (open access)
The end of a long and rewarding journey with the best co-authors @malojan.bsky.social @luissattelmayer.bsky.social
(1/6)
Our paper on "the effect of symbolic policies on climate policy support" has just been published in the APSR ! @apsrjournal.bsky.social (open access)
The end of a long and rewarding journey with the best co-authors @malojan.bsky.social @luissattelmayer.bsky.social
(1/6)
January 19, 2026 at 10:31 AM
🎉 NEW PUBLICATION🎉
Our paper on "the effect of symbolic policies on climate policy support" has just been published in the APSR ! @apsrjournal.bsky.social (open access)
The end of a long and rewarding journey with the best co-authors @malojan.bsky.social @luissattelmayer.bsky.social
(1/6)
Our paper on "the effect of symbolic policies on climate policy support" has just been published in the APSR ! @apsrjournal.bsky.social (open access)
The end of a long and rewarding journey with the best co-authors @malojan.bsky.social @luissattelmayer.bsky.social
(1/6)
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Holy hell, what an obituary
Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Holy hell, what an obituary
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Within the next decade the radical right is going to be the main force on the right in Europe (national and EU level). This includes far-right parties and formerly centre-right parties shifting their position. Moderate conservatism and Christian democracy will largely disappear on the right. 1/
The EU’s centrist powers need to move to the right to reflect the new political reality, the leader of the European People’s Party Manfred Weber has told in an exclusive interview with POLITICO.
Europe shifted right — it’s time centrists do too, says Manfred Weber
EPP chief says he still wants to work with traditional allies, but they need to adapt.
www.politico.eu
January 15, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Within the next decade the radical right is going to be the main force on the right in Europe (national and EU level). This includes far-right parties and formerly centre-right parties shifting their position. Moderate conservatism and Christian democracy will largely disappear on the right. 1/
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boy that gyre sure keeps getting wider
January 14, 2026 at 3:35 PM
boy that gyre sure keeps getting wider
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Seit 10 Jahren wird über darüber gejammert, dass ein vager woker Zeitgeist die Meinungsfreiheit bedroht. Nun wird ein realer Polizeistaat aufgebaut und es herrscht peinlich berührte Ratlosigkeit.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
F.B.I. Searches Home of Washington Post Journalist for Classified Material
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Seit 10 Jahren wird über darüber gejammert, dass ein vager woker Zeitgeist die Meinungsfreiheit bedroht. Nun wird ein realer Polizeistaat aufgebaut und es herrscht peinlich berührte Ratlosigkeit.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...