'In the Netherlands, the geographical gap is still relatively small compared to the gap between educational groups.' PhD candidate @twanhuijsmans.bsky.socialaissr.uva.nl/shared/uva/e...
urban-rural polarization has been greatest in the US, the UK, & Canada. It has also emerged in several European multiparty systems, but there it is largely because of growing smaller parties; mainstream parties still have geographically diverse support. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
The resulting Urban-Rural Electoral Divides dataset can be found at OSF. Let me know if you want to help expanding its scope by adding more elections and/or countries osf.io/gwumr/
Dataset of national elections outcomes disaggregated at low geographic levels, with comparable measurements of urban-rural electoral divides over time and across countries Hosted on the Open Scie...
The last paper of my dissertation just got published in @cpsjournal.bsky.socialdoi.org/10.1177/0010...
De radicaal-rechtse ‘bezorgde burger’ domineert het publieke debat, en de politiek loopt erachteraan. Zo verdwijnen belangrijkere onderwerpen van de agenda, waarschuwt politiek wetenschapper Cas Mudde. @orgoldenberg.bsky.social
De radicaal-rechtse ‘bezorgde burger’ domineert het publieke debat, en de politiek loopt erachteraan. Zo verdwijnen belangrijkere onderwerpen van de agenda, waarschuwt politiek wetenschapper Cas...
Te gast bij Bureau Buitenland om met Tim de Wit over de boerenprotesten in Europa te spreken, en de manier waarop radicaal rechts hierop inspeelt www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/b...
Absolutely thrilled about my first single-authored publication! I investigate the role of place-based identity in moderating the Swiss rural-urban divide in political trust. doi.org/10.1111/spsr...
Enkel het reguleren van de particuliere huursector is niet genoeg om te zorgen voor betaalbare huur. Daarvoor is het ook nodig te investeren in een alternatief: volkshuisvesting. Opinie van mijn hand vandaag in NRC: www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...
Huursector: De politiek heeft zich voor huurwoningen afhankelijk gemaakt van beleggers, schrijft Cody Hochstenbach. Investeer weer in sociale woningen. De…
"the rise of populist parties depends much more on changes in voters’ priorities [..] What is changing is not voters’ attitudes, such as whether they support or oppose immigration. It is how those attitudes map onto their choice of party"—thanks @goodauth.bsky.social for discussing our work:
sciencedirect.com/science/arti... New publication out in Electoral Studies! In this study, I analyze generational voting differences in Western European multiparty systems - focusing on generational realignment *within* political blocs and using individual survey data spanning over 70 years.
Across Western Europe, the electoral base of formerly dominating parties on the left and the right has been eroding in the past decades. In contrast, …