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Björn Bremer
@bjoern_bremer
Political economist @ceu | the politics of macroeconomic policies, economic crises, & party politics | cycling enthusiast | @bjoernbremer.bsky.social
May 24, 2023 • 17 tweets • 6 min read
My book "Austerity from the Left" was published last week @OUPPolitics, and I received my print copies from @OUPAcademic today.

A 🧵about the book and why you should ask your librarian to get a copy:

bit.ly/3BOs2qL

(1/n) Image Austerity eventually became the dominant fiscal policy response to the Great Recession in Europe.

In the book, I ask two questions:

1) Why did social democratic parties accept austerity?
2) What electoral consequences did this have for them?

(2/n)
May 31, 2022 • 18 tweets • 7 min read
@LineRennwald and I have a new article out in #PartyPolitics: “Who still likes social democracy? The support base of social democratic parties reconsidered”

👉Paper: doi.org/10.1177/135406…
👉Pre-print: bit.ly/3t4M4t5

A🧵about our key findings👇1/n Social democracy has been in crisis in recent years. Most research focuses on the declining SD vote share, but people often still have other ties to parties beyond voting. (Formerly) large party families can usually draw on a sizeable number of people who identify with them. 2/n