" The origins of this project can be traced back to 2011 when the editors of this volume were
working together at the University of Sussex. During this time Cristóbal was working on a …

Social investment has recently received much attention among policy-makers and welfare
state scholars, but the existing literature remains focused on policy-making on the macro …

Recent elections have revived the debate about the decline of social democracy, often
attributed to the numerical decline in the working class and its alienation due to the …

What kind of welfare state do voters of populist radical right parties (PRRPs) want and how
do their preferences differ from voters of mainstream left-and right-wing parties? In this …

Recent literature shows that radical right parties (RRPs) present moderate or blurry
economic stances. However, this paper argues that this blurriness is restricted to only one of …

Even though social investment is highly popular, welfare state recalibration remains an
uphill battle. When resources are scarce in times of austerity, welfare recalibration involves …

How do the labor market risks associated with technological change affect policy
preferences? We argue that higher perceptions of technology-related risks should increase …

Bedrängt von strukturellem Wandel und neuen parteipolitischen Rivalen ringen
sozialdemokratische Parteien in ganz Europa im 21. Jahrhundert um ein zukunftsfähiges …

Populist radical right‐wing parties (PRRPs) in Western Europe have almost without
exception shifted their position on distributive issues, abandoning their earlier support for a …

This paper shows how the rise of the Swiss People's Party (SVP) has affected welfare state
reforms in Switzerland between the 1990s and the 2000s. In the 1990s, welfare state …