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💶 Why did farm-budget fights split EU coalitions but cohesion funds didn't?
David Moloney and Mads Dagnis Jensen draw on interviews and EU documents: in the 2021–27 budget, CAP funding split coalitions as states broke ranks, while cohesion coalitions held firm.
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Really delighted to be joining the editorial board of West European Politics - an excellent journal and home to one of my first publications as a grad student and my series of articles on the 2015-24 UK general elections - in excellent company too!
📈 West European Politics now has a Scopus CiteScore of 9.7.
This places it in the top 10 of 745 journals in Political Science & International Relations. 🎉
Thanks to our authors, reviewers, and readers!
🔗 www.scopus.com/sourceid/25691
📈 Does economic inequality feed on itself?
Marius Busemeyer takes stock of 25 years of political economy research and argues inequality has become self-reinforcing: rising gaps depress turnout and blunt redistribution, which lets them widen further.
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🛡️ As Europe rearms, who defends it — the state, or society too?
Comparing Sweden, Germany and France, Berndtsson, Kruck and Weiss find countries with a history of inclusive defence policy bring society in, while others build capacity top-down.
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⏰ Two weeks to go — Call for Papers
West European Politics Symposium: The New Politics of Security and Defence in Europe
300-word abstracts by 20 June → [email protected]
think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
🌍 Do voters reward parties for ambitious climate policies?
In a French conjoint experiment, @malojan.bsky.social finds voters reward climate goals and punish denial across party lines — but ambitious, concrete policies bring no average electoral gain and can backfire.
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🇪🇺 What kind of Europe do Europeans want?
Hanspeter Kriesi & @ztruchlewski.bsky.social surveyed 16 countries at the 2024 EU elections. ~80% want harder EU external borders, but they split almost evenly on pooling more power centrally.
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Symposium: The new politics of security and defence in Europe: national and EU perspectives
🎉 We are delighted to welcome 16 new members to the West European Politics Editorial Advisory Board!
Joining us are: Marius Busemeyer, @mbusuioc.bsky.social, @hildecoffe.bsky.social, @antoanetadl.bsky.social, @martingross.bsky.social, Elisabeth Ivarsflaten, @wmjunk.bsky.social…
