How political parties build voter coalitions, navigate social cleavages, connect with civil society, and respond to emerging social movements 鈥?from labor unions to climate strikes, immigration to digital natives.
The social fault lines that divide voters 鈥?and how parties position themselves along them.
Lipset-Rokkan meets the 21st century. This landmark analysis synthesizes evidence from 30 countries to show how the classic class-party link is fragmenting 鈥?and what new alignment patterns are emerging in its place.
Why are working-class voters abandoning left-wing parties? A comparative analysis of dealignment patterns across Europe and Latin America.
From the US to India to Brazil, parties are sorting geographically. This analysis maps the urban-rural electoral gap and its consequences for representation.
The well-educated vs. the left-behind 鈥?a new cross-national analysis of how education expansion is remapping the political landscape.
Parties navigating, co-opting, or being challenged by social movements 鈥?from labor to climate, digital activism to nationalist revival.
A typology of how established parties respond to social movement challengers 鈥?and when movements succeed in transforming into parties themselves.
Why climate activists increasingly view governing green parties with suspicion 鈥?and what this means for environmental politics.
From Twitter campaigns to platform parties 鈥?how digital activism is forcing structural changes inside established political parties.
Why young voters are harder to mobilize 鈥?and what parties are doing (or not doing) to win them back.