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Associate Professor in European Politics at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. Elections, parties, social democracy & the radical right. he/him. 🏳️‍🌈
Apr 10 7 tweets 2 min read
In my dissertation, I argued that green and radical right parties have different effects on party competition because environment/climate is a valence issue while immigration is positional. Today, rather the reverse has become true. A crucial transformation. A🧵 Image Valence issues are issues where there is general agreement about a goal (or problem) and competition is largely about salience/competence. Like crime or economic growth, the environment was a prime example of a valence issue. People don't think destroying the environment is great
Jan 10 7 tweets 3 min read
We just launched the Progressive Politics Research Network. On our website () you can find more information and our 6 research briefs on the theme of Rethinking Progressive Politics Based on Facts Rather than Myths. A summary of our theme and findings here: politicscentre.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/go/pprn



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With this network, we want to communicate research findings with a broader audience, political practitioners and the media. Our main output will be research briefs on a different theme every year. There will also be a podcast at some point. Image
May 25, 2023 4 tweets 1 min read
In der Diskussion zum SPÖ Vorsitz hört man wieder häufig ein linkerer Vorsitzender könne nur Stimmen von anderen linken Parteien gewinnen. Das ist eine übersimplifizierte Idee von räumlichem Parteienwettbewerb. Die Idee ist weder empirisch noch analytisch gut begündet. Kurzer 🧵 Es gibt unzählige Gründe warum eine Partei, die sich nach links bewegt auch Stimmen von Parteien rechts von sich gewinnen kann. Öffentliche Meinung ist nicht fix sondern wird von politischen Akteuren beeinflusst. 1) Parteien können die Positionen von Menschen beeinflussen.
Jan 26, 2023 9 tweets 2 min read
Die Diskussion zu den Panzerlieferungen zeigt wie sehr die SPD (wie viele andere sozialdemokratische Parteien auch) Politik vor allem durch responsible government begreift und dabei representative government vergisst. Ein #Thread Peter Mair unterscheidet zwei Prinzipien nach denen Parteien demokratisch agieren können: responsible und representative government. Responsible government heißt problemlösend, policy-orientiert zu agieren. Representative gov bedeutet responsiv gegenüber der Bevölkerung zu sein
Feb 22, 2021 6 tweets 6 min read
As a group of scholars studying Social Democratic parties, we have written three short policy briefs for the @FESonline summarizing our findings. These briefs should help practitioners, journalists and others interested to get an overview of the current state of the art 1/5 Brief 1 looks at which voters SD parties have lost. Especially in the last 10 years voters mainly left for more progressive parties. Loss to radical right parties has only played a minor role, directly and also indirectly as confirmed by panel data bit.ly/3pL5nmu 2/5 Image