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Opinion polarization of immigration and EU attitudes between social classes – the limiting role of working class dissensus European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Stephan Dochow-Sondershaus, Céline Teney
This study examines polarization in political opinions toward immigration and the European Union between occupational classes, i.e. structural polarization. We maintain that two conditions must hol...
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Health selection into migration from Poland to the Netherlands: a matched case–control analysis European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Thijs van den Broek
This study sheds light on health selection into migration from Poland to the Netherlands. Scholars have highlighted health as an important resource to overcome barriers to migration, and suggested ...
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Unequal effects on working time: immigrants’ vulnerability in the German labor market in the early COVID-19 pandemic European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Lina Tobler, Lukas Fervers, Marita Jacob, Veronika Knize
Do economic shocks increase labor market inequalities between immigrants and natives? The COVID-19 crisis reduced economic activity for almost all social groups, providing a recent case for answeri...
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Age of entry into early childhood education and care, literacy and reduction of educational inequality in Nordic countries European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Markus Laaninen, Nevena Kulic, Jani Erola
An early start to good-quality early childhood education and care (ECEC) is considered beneficial, especially for disadvantaged children's development and educational outcomes. This assumption was ...
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A configurational approach to job quality analysis: forms of inequalities at work in Europe European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Étienne Penissat, Cécile Rodrigues, Alexis Spire
While job quality is often described in a binary way, this article proposes a configurational approach to account for the interactions between the subjective and objective dimensions and to combine...
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Social stratification in science: the ultra-elite in the UK European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Erzsébet Bukodi, John H. Goldthorpe, Inga Steinberg
We start out from Harriet Zuckerman’s study of the US scientific ultra-elite of Nobel laureates, in which Robert Merton's idea of ‘Matthew effects’ as a key mechanism in the creation of social ineq...
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Parental ages and the intergenerational transmission of education: evidence from Germany, Norway, and the United States European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Michael Grätz, Øyvind N. Wiborg
The diverging destinies hypothesis predicts that educational inequality increases in contemporary societies because parents with higher levels of education postpone the birth of their children. Thi...
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In-work poverty in Western Europe. A longitudinal perspective European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Paolo Barbieri, Giorgio Cutuli, Stefani Scherer
This study investigates levels and determinants of in-work poverty (IWP) in Western Europe using EU-SILC longitudinal data 2004–2019. We compared IWP risk and their dynamics across fourteen countri...
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Structural opportunities or assortative mating? – Decomposing trends and country differences in educational sorting outcomes in marriages European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Julia Leesch, Tomáš Katrňák, Jan Skopek
This study examines within- and cross-country trends and differences in marital sorting by education in Europe. Unlike previous research on assortative mating, our study focuses on the outcomes of ...
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Ukrainian-American non-profits in 2014–2022: constructing diasporic Ukrainian identity through personal and collective narratives European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Nataliia Goshylyk, Volodymyr Goshylyk
In 2014–2022, the Ukrainian-American non-profits took a leading role in supporting Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. While before Russia’s full-scale invasion, these organizations we...
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Cleavage politics in ordinary reasoning: How common sense divides European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Koen Damhuis, Linus Westheuser
This study explores how the ideological divide between the radical right and liberal left is anchored in the common sense reasoning of ordinary citizens. Across Western Europe, cleavage research ha...
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Mobility and labor market trajectories of Ukrainian migrants to Poland in the context of the 2014 Russian invasion of Ukraine European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Agata Górny, Roos van der Zwan
The 2014 Russian invasion of Ukraine resulted, among other things, in a dramatic increase in Ukrainian emigration to Europe, particularly to Poland. The article evaluates its consequences, by confr...
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Settling into uncertainty and risk amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-12-29 Paula Pustulka, Justyna Kajta, Agnieszka Kwiatkowska, Justyna Sarnowska, Jowita Radzińska, Agnieszka Golińska
This study explores the process of navigating instability arising from sudden, co-occurring crises in the 2020s. We focus on the combined impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine on g...
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The effect of the month of birth on academic achievement: heterogeneity by social origin and gender European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Manuel T. Valdés
Students born in the days before the school-entry cutoff date are one year younger at school entry than their counterparts born in the days following the cutoff, which causes an achievement gap bet...
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Gender compositions of occupations and firms jointly shape switches from gender-atypical towards more gender-typical positions European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Maik Hamjediers, Eileen Peters
Research on sex segregation in the labor market has repeatedly found that women and men are more likely to exit from occupations and firms in which they are the numerical minority and subsequently ...
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Do they think that joy and misery are temporary? Comparing trajectories of current and predicted life satisfaction across life events European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Ansgar Hudde
When people marry or have their first baby, their life satisfaction spikes but fades soon thereafter. Similarly, when people separate from a partner or become widowed, their satisfaction decreases ...
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Narrowing inequalities through redistribution. A relational inequality approach to female managers and the gender wage gap European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Florian Zimmermann
Recent research shows that firms and jobs are more important for understanding gender wage inequalities than individual-level and occupational-level attributes. I investigate how two mechanisms der...
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Forced displacement in Ukraine: understanding the decision-making process European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Oleksandra Tarkhanova, Daryna Pyrogova
The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 resulted in millions of people being internally displaced and seeking refuge abroad. European countries responded with favorable socio-legal conditi...
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Parental investment or parenting stress? Examining the links between poverty and child development in Ireland European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Mengxuan Li, Yekaterina Chzhen
This study investigates the relationship between multidimensional household poverty and cognitive and behavioural development during the formative years of childhood (from 9 months to 9 years), usi...
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Does personality matter? Exploring its moderating role on the relationship between neighbourhood ethnic outgroup-size and preferences for Brexit European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Franco Bonomi Bezzo, Laura Silva, James Laurence, Katharina Schmid
Prior research has examined the relationship between ethnic outgroup-size at the neighbourhood level and Brexit support, yet there is a lack of understanding on the factors that moderate these effe...
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Correction European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-11-02
Published in European Societies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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The effects of female education on child education: a prospective analysis European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Michael Grätz
This study estimates the effects of women’s education on their offspring using quasi-experimental evidence from six educational reforms that increased the length of compulsory schooling in several ...
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Family resources and children’s skills: development of a skills attainment model European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-11-01 Babs Jacobs, Rolf van der Velden
The association between parental SES and children’s educational outcomes is one of the key topics in stratification research. Although most differences between social groups are explained by initia...
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Subjective financial insecurity and support for European unification European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-11-01 Juan J. Fernández, Céline Teney
The utilitarian approach to pro-EU attitudes – noting that citizens establish their preferences based on their perceived self-interest – remains the dominant one in the social science literature on...
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The gendered division of cognitive household labor, mental load, and family–work conflict in European countries European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-10-25 Andreas Haupt, Dafna Gelbgiser
The unequal division of cognitive labor within households, and its potential association with mental load and stress, has gained substantial interest in recent public and scholarly discussions. We ...
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Employees’ perceptions of co-workers’ internal promotion penalties: the role of gender, parenthood and part-time European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-10-26 Ole Brüggemann
Much research has focused on penalties by gender, parenthood and part-time work for hiring processes or wages, but their role for promotions is less clear. This study analyzes perceived chances for...
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The forced migration from Ukraine after the full scale Russian invasion: dynamics and decision making drivers European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-10-18 Iryna Maidanik
The Russian invasion into Ukraine prompted a large-scale population exodus. The data reveal fluctuating cross-border movements characterized by an initial outflow (February–April 2022), followed by...
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A tribute to Agnes Skamballis European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Michalis Lianos
Published in European Societies (Vol. 25, No. 5, 2023)
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Who gets the blame and who gets the credit? Policing, assistance, and political trust among the Roma in Europe European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-06-05 Jeffrey Mitchell, Daniel La Parra-Casado
ABSTRACT In many European countries the Roma are the largest minority group, and research often highlights their heightened exposure to discrimination, harassment, and even abuse during interactions with the state, and the majority group. In contrast, many governments have assistance programs targeted to the Roma in an effort to boost integration. However, there is strikingly little systematic quantitative
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Who blames Brexit for their decision to leave the UK? The departure of skilled Germans from Britain after the referendum European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-05-23 Nico Stawarz, Nils Witte
ABSTRACT Brexit created uncertainty for migrants living in the UK and a potential reason to leave the country. Some of the consequences of the Brexit referendum, such as the loss of skilled workers, may have been unintended. This article investigates the relevance of Brexit for German migrants who decided to return to Germany from the UK in the two years following the 2016 referendum. Our analysis
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Socioeconomic differences in the long-term effects of teacher absence on student outcomes European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-05-20 Nicolai Topstad Borgen, Simen Markussen, Oddbjørn Raaum
ABSTRACT School teachers’ sickness absence has been shown to affect student achievement in the short run. However, we know little about whether socioeconomic backgrounds may compensate for reductions in instructional quality and to what extent teacher absence effects persist over time. This paper examines the socioeconomic differences in the short- and long-term effects of teacher absence. We use population-wide
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How activists build power: passive beneficiary involvement and empowerment in the platform of those affected by mortgages European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-05-20 Felipe G. Santos
Scholars often point to the importance of network ties and biographical characteristics for political participation. These approaches emphasize the features that increase individuals’ likelihood to...
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Correction European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-05-20
Published in European Societies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Is beauty-based inequality gendered? A systematic review of gender differences in socioeconomic outcomes of physical attractiveness in labor markets European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-05-15 Iida Kukkonen, Tero Pajunen, Outi Sarpila, Erica Åberg
During the past decade, academic interest in physical attractiveness-based social inequalities has spread significantly beyond the United States to Europe. In previous research, however, there has ...
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Support for Ukrainian refugees after Russia's invasion of Ukraine: aid structure and resilience factors. Case studies of Lublin and Lutsk European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-05-14 Karolina Podgórska, Andrzej Jekaterynczuk, Oksana Yarosh, Olga Kuzmuk, Valentyna Liubchuk
ABSTRACT Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 triggered forced migration on a scale not seen in Europe since World War II. The city of Lublin (Poland), as the capital of the border region, has become both a destination and transit point for refugees, generating the need for both emergency and long-term assistance. Lublin Voivodeship is adjacent to the Volyn region with its capital in Lutsk
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Work life complexity no longer on the rise: trends among 1930s–1980s birth cohorts in Sweden European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-05-08 Johan Westerman, Dirk Witteveen, Erik Bihagen, Roujman Shahbazian
There is a conception that contemporary work lives become ever more complex. Pioneering research has indicated that work lives have indeed become more complex, yet at a modestly increasing pace. Th...
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Strategies of informal caregivers to adapt paid work European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-05-04 Klara Raiber, Mark Visser, Ellen Verbakel
Informal caregiving, meaning taking health-related care of an older and/or disabled person in the personal network, often has consequences for paid work. Classically, scholars focus on two strategi...
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Ukrainian values: between the Slavic-Orthodox legacy and Europe’s allure European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-05-03 Plamen Akaliyski, Tim Reeskens
ABSTRACT An important question in understanding the war in Ukraine is whether Russian President Putin’s claim that Russians and Ukrainians are ‘one people’ or whether the statement made by European Union Commission President von der Leyen, echoing Ukrainian government’s position, that Ukraine is ‘one of us’ receives more support. In our contribution, we assess the societal values endorsed in Ukraine
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Self-reported health and coping strategies of Ukrainian female refugees in the Czech Republic European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Iryna Mazhak, Ana Carolina Paludo, Danylo Sudyn
ABSTRACT The main aim of the study was to investigate the coping strategies and their association with self-reported general health/psychological status in Ukrainian female refugees’ sample (N = 919) in the Czech Republic. The BRIEF-COPE inventory was employed to investigate coping strategies. Binomial logistic regression analysis was performed to investigate the association between self-reported general
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‘Not fighting corruption, but defeating it’: the populism of Zelensky’s Servant of the People in comparative perspective European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-04-20 Kostiantyn Yanchenko, Mattia Zulianello
ABSTRACT Research on populism is more abundant than ever, but the Ukrainian case is usually neglected in the comparative literature. This article fills this gap by providing a systematic analysis of the populism of Zelensky’s Servant of the People (SN) at the time of its electoral breakthrough in 2019, and it does so by adopting a broader European perspective. We argue that the success of Zelensky’s
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Decline in informal helping during the first COVID-19 lockdown: a longitudinal analysis of Dutch data European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-04-17 Marlou J. M. Ramaekers, Ellen Verbakel, Gerbert Kraaykamp
ABSTRACT Like many European countries, the Netherlands locked down in March 2020 to combat the spread of COVID-19. Although government officials called for solidarity, the lockdown measures made it more difficult to help fellow citizens. In this study, we examine whether informal helping declined during the first lockdown in the Netherlands and to what extent changes depended on people’s resources
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Who chooses fast-track programs in mathematics? The role of class origin, ethnicity, and gender among Norwegian lower-secondary students European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-04-13 Håvard Helland, Øyvind Wiborg, Karl Ingar Kittelsen Røberg
This article examines Norwegian lower-secondary students who enrol in fast-track programs in mathematics. These fast-track programs are designed to accommodate high-performing students who want a f...
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The timing of parental unemployment, insurance and children's education European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-03-22 Gabriele Mari, Renske Keizer, Ruben van Gaalen
ABSTRACT The timing of parental unemployment can impact children's educational transitions. Previous research has mostly examined transitions to higher education, proxying timing in relation to children's age and often focusing on selective populations. We study unemployment's intergenerational effects at multiple stages of the educational career, and define timing relative to important crossroads
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Ukrainian refugee solidarity mobilization online European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-03-20 Hjalmar Bang Carlsen, Tobias Gårdhus, Jonas Toubøl
ABSTRACT According to UNHRC, approximately 5 million refugees fled Ukraine between the 24th of February and the 17th of April 2022. Governments and civil societies all over Europe face a major task of mobilizing resources to address the refugees' welfare needs. This effort is partly dependent upon the mobilization of informal civil society. In this research note, we present preliminary findings on
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Civil society and sense of community in Ukraine: from dormancy to action European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-03-19 Kateryna Zarembo, Eric Martin
ABSTRACT The academic literature offers different views on the strength of Ukraine’s civil society, but Ukraine’s massive civic engagement and collective action, most recently in defense against Russian aggression, offers a startling picture of grass-root activism. Based on interviews, surveys and archival research, we highlight changes and nuances to Ukrainian civil society, civic engagement and motivations
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Mending the divide: intellectuals and intelligentsia in Ukrainian scholarly discourse European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-03-14 Ielyzaveta Shchepetylnykova
ABSTRACT The manifestation of Russian imperial ambitions in February 2022 caught many around the world by surprise, but Ukrainian scholarly attempts at decolonization had been ongoing for years prior to the invasion. Intellectuals have strived to re-imagine Ukrainian identity beyond the conceptualization of the country in imperial discourse as ‘little Russia’. This paper examines how the phenomenon
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Institutional context and life satisfaction: does the rule of law moderate well-being inequalities? European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-03-14 Francisco Olivos, Lei Jin
An emerging strand of research emphasizes the role of the macro institutional context in shaping the social distribution of well-being. This article examines the variations in the association betwe...
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Urban democracy in post-Maidan Ukraine: conflict and cooperation between citizens and local governments in participatory budgeting European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-03-05 Sophie Schmäing
ABSTRACT Seeking to explain Ukraine's societal resilience in the context of the Russian invasion, scholars point to the unprecedented levels of civic engagement on the one hand and improvements in local self-governance on the other. However, little is known about how citizens have interacted with local authorities in recent years. This article studies modes of interaction between citizens and public
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Successful due to STEM? Labour market returns to STEM qualifications among skilled immigrants in Germany European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-03-01 Irena Kogan, Jule Schabinger
ABSTRACT Against the growing demand for the STEM labour force, the study examines labour market returns to STEM qualifications among immigrants who arrived in Germany since the 1980s. Analysing the German microcensus data for years 2015 and 2016, we demonstrate that skilled immigrants with STEM qualifications largely attain better labour market outcomes in Germany compared to immigrants without STEM
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Motivation in the dynamics of European youth migration European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-02-28 Paula A. Tufiș, Dumitru Sandu
In this article, we explore the complexities of the relationships between motivations in the migration process of young Europeans who have returned to their country of origin. We analyze a unique d...
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Kharkiv’s shattered landscapes: observations from the front line of the war in Ukraine European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-02-23 Dmytro Zaiets
ABSTRACT The Ukrainian city of Kharkiv has witnessed terrible destruction during the war with Russia. Many of its inhabitants have fallen victim to enemy shelling. Hundreds of objects and many urban areas turned into ruins. However, the destroyed private houses, high-rises, and even entire neighbourhoods in Kharkiv demonstrate that architecture lives even when it has been involuntarily abandoned, isn’t
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Solidarity test: challenges of forced LGBTIQ migration and activism in Central-Eastern European countries in the context of Russia’s war on Ukraine European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-02-20 Maryna Shevtsova
ABSTRACT When Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February 2022, many LGBTIQ Ukrainians, like hundreds of thousands of their compatriots, were forced to leave their homes and move to safer areas. Those who could and chose to leave the country, fearing for their safety, entered the bordering EU member states, such as Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia, known for their unfriendly
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From male dominance to sharing: partner’s class and female political party identification 1964–2010 European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-02-20 Nan Dirk de Graaf, Anthony Heath
Has the dominating influence of husband’s/male partner’s class position on his wife’s/partners’ political party identification declined in Britain? Contrary to predictions, previous research did no...
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How social capital matters for receiving social support: on the complementary role of civil society in the COVID-19 pandemic European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-02-15 Gesine Höltmann, Swen Hutter, Jule Specht
The Covid-19 pandemic has created a widespread need for social support. Similar to previous crises, we can observe activation in society to meet these needs: citizens have offered practical, emotio...
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‘A community of values’: unpacking U.S. intermediation in Latvia’s 2022 Holocaust restitution law European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-02-09 Daniel Fittante
Transitional justice scholarship has importantly analyzed how European groups use Holocaust-related legislation to create a unified political culture. While this research has made many valuable con...
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Subjective social status in places that don’t matter: geographical inequalities in France and Germany European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-01-07 Nathalie Vigna
In recent decades, the rise of the service economy and the growing attractiveness of large cities have created new social inequalities within countries, which have been seen as a source of resentme...
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Shortfalls of deliberative democracy in Georgia: the analysis of the General Assembly of a Settlement European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2023-01-07 Tengiz Sultanishvili
ABSTRACT This study analyzes the reasons for citizens’ refusal to participate in public deliberation through the Georgian mechanism of the General Assembly of a Settlement (GAofS) in the remote communities of Georgia. This paper draws on the existing academic literature on effective deliberation processes and reasons behind the public’s disengagement from them to explain Georgian public’s withdrawal
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Economic voting and state-business relations in OECD countries European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2022-12-28 Taeyoung Yoo, Seoyeon Kim, Whasun Jho
ABSTRACT Regarding the variance of economic voting, the literature draws on various political institutions and individual-level contexts but pays little attention on how to comprehensively analyze political and economic spheres. Given that politics and economy are closely intertwined by resource acquisition and allocation, this study proposes state-business relations (SBR) to explain the variance across
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Natives’ and migrants’ employment uncertainty and childbearing during the great recession: a comparison between Italy and Sweden European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2022-12-28 Giammarco Alderotti, Eleonora Mussino, Chiara Ludovica Comolli
ABSTRACT This study contributes to the empirical research on the fertility decline registered in Europe in the aftermath of the Great Recession adopting a comparative perspective. We explore childbearing behavior during the crisis across three dimensions of vulnerability: migration background (measured as: country of origin and length of stay in the destination country), labor market uncertainty, and
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A digital principal? Substantive representation in the case of the Italian Five Star Movement European Societies (IF 5.512) Pub Date : 2022-12-12 Lorenzo Mosca, Davide Vittori
ABSTRACT One of the main ‘promises’ that populist parties seek to deliver is to bring politics closer to the ‘people’. While the literature focused mainly on the relationship between voters and those parties, less attention has been given to the role of members’ priorities in shaping parties’ legislative activity. In this paper, we focus on a paradigmatic technopopulist case, the Italian Five Star