In this review, we focus on political inequality in rich democracies. In the two main sections,
we look at participation and representation, respectively. The former discusses whether …

Die Möglichkeit des sozialen Aufstiegs war eines der zentralen Versprechen der» alten
«BRD–und tatsächlich wurde es meistens eingelöst: Aus dem Käfer wurde ein Audi, aus …

Bundestagswahlen, Landtagswahlen, Kommunalwahlen, Europawahlen–seit Jahren sinkt
die Wahlbeteiligung in Deutschland. Doch was steht hinter diesem Trend und was bedeutet …

Has the participatory gap between social groups widened over the past decades? And if so,
how can it be explained? Based on a re-analysis of 94 electoral surveys in eight Western …

This article offers reinterpretation of the current economic and political crisis through the lens
of Gramsci's concept of “interregnum,” departing from the model of “punctured equilibrium” to …

Die Debatten über die Verunsicherungen oder gar Krisen der Mittelschichten der letzten
Jahre erweisen sich zumeist als nicht hinreichend theoretisch fundiert und beruhen oft auf …

While support for the essential norms of liberal electoral democracy is high in almost all
developed democracies, there is arguably also a gap between democratic aspirations and …

In democratic theory and practice, it has become a popular view that designed deliberative
mini‐publics can effectively counteract failures of representative democratic institutions. But …

Why do some European welfare states protect unemployed and inadequately employed
workers (" outsiders") from economic uncertainty better than others? Philip Rathgeb's study …

Brexit has reopened and repoliticised the debate about future growth models for the UK
economy. This contribution argues that this debate is built around historically specific path …