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This paper aims to contribute to the literature on the inclusion-moderation hypothesis. It seeks to identify factors that – in addition to political inclusion – might hinder or further a group’s ideological moderation. Specifically, this study...

Empirical research in social and political science is fundamentally based on survey data. In these surveys respondents are usually asked for judgments and opinions about political issues, e. g. their satisfaction with the government or the...

The “political society” (Greven) presupposes politics as the main authority capable of shaping society and giving it political order. Politics alone are able to bind together (post)modern societies and in principle intervene in all societal...