Abstract 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, both far-right parties and …

Several recent studies have documented a return of the urban-rural divide in political
behavior. Building on a long tradition of group-based thinking in political science, one …

Political culture literature asserts that congruence between the existing democratic system
and citizens' views and expectations of democracy is crucial for democratic stability …

Abstract The German Federal Election 2021 has the potential to mark a crossroads in
German olitics. Not only the context, eg, Angela Merkel's exit from politics, but also the …

Following recent elections in Western Europe, one question has dominated many headlines:
why have young people turned to the far right? This trend surprised many observers …

Zusammenfassung Die Unterschiede und Ungleichheiten zwischen Ost-und
Westdeutschland wurden nach der Deutschen Einheit als Übergangsstadium verstanden; …

Cities in advanced democracies are commonly portrayed as centers of cosmopolitanism and
electoral strongholds of the left. I argue that the issue of crime can reshape urban politics by …

Conflicts about" place" are increasingly shaping the politics of advanced democracies and
scholars have noted that voters are ever more divided along the urban-rural divide …

På flera håll i världen har en politisk polarisering mellan stad och landsbygd vuxit fram. Den
har bland annat tagit sig uttryck i form av en landsbygd med minskat förtroende för …

The urban-rural divide made a comeback to European politics. After a prolonged absence
from the study of political attitudes and behaviour, a burgeoning literature is documenting its …