Volume 58 (2017), Edition 4

In the European Union (EU) a ‘dually open’ free movement system has evolved, granting EU citizens both extended free movement and cross-border welfare rights. Such a system has constantly been described as corrosive for the nationally organized...

The effects of left governing parties on the welfare state are contested in the literature. To date no study considered voter turnout as a moderator of partisan effects. Low turnout rates generally mean socio-economically unequal turnout rates,...

This paper studies the epistemic dynamics preceding the emergence of mass movements. By means of an agent-based simulation, we study the informational processes generating those shared attitudes towards a political system that are necessary for mass...

As in coalition governments policy-authority for specific policy areas is delegated to the cabinet ministers, ministers have incentives to implement policies which oppose the preferences of the coalition partner. However, government parties can...