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 …

Wenn in einer Demokratie die Politik systematisch den politischen Präferenzen bestimmter
sozialer Gruppen folgt, wohingegen die anderer missachtet werden, wird der Grundsatz …

" This book is the final product of a five-year project funded by the European Research
Council (ERC) entitled" Investing in Education in Europe: Attitudes, Politics and …

This article provides the necessary tools to advance comparative research studying the
substantive representation of ethnic minorities and women. Firstly, I clarify how the various …

Recent studies show that policy changes appear to correspond primarily to the preferences
of citizens with high socio-economic status. However, the mechanisms explaining this trend …

This study analyses congruence across various issues in 16 European democracies.
Making use of public opinion and expert survey data, our analyses show that congruence …

Although there are considerably more men than women in most parliaments around the
world, we know little about whether male-dominated legislatures neglect women's policy …

Recent electoral results reveal a pronounced decline in the fortunes of Social Democratic
parties. Much of the decline debate has revolved around their rightward policy shifts, which …

Empirical studies have shown that US politics is heavily tilted in favor of the better off, as
political decisions tend to reflect the preferences of the rich while largely ignoring those of …

Recent scholarship on inequality and political representation argues that economic elites
are dominating democratic policy-making, yet it struggles to explain the underlying …