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 …

This article explores the implications of the OECD‐wide decline of union density for earnings
inequality and income redistribution by looking at aggregate (country‐level) data. Over the …

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We are living in a time of crisis which has cascaded through society. Financial crisis has led
to an economic crisis of recession and unemployment; an ensuing fiscal crisis over …

Actors and institutions in localities and regions across the world are seeking prosperity and
well-being amidst tumultuous and disruptive shifts and transitions generated by: an …

Lay politics lies at the heart of democracy. Political offices are the only offices for which no
formal qualifications are required. Contemporary political practices are diametrically …

The interventions of crisis management during the 2007 to 2011 financial crisis were not
simply responses to a set of given developments in markets, banking or neo-liberal …

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 …

Names: Bartels, Larry M., 1956–author. Title: Democracy erodes from the top: leaders,
citizens, and the challenges of populism in Europe/Larry M. Bartels. Description: Princeton …

How urban infrastructure is funded, financed and governed is a central issue for states at the
national, city-regional and city scales. Urban infrastructure is being financialised by financial …