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Tarik Abou-Chadi
@tabouchadi.bsky.social
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Professor of European Politics at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. Elections, parties, social democracy & the radical right. he/him. 🏳️‍🌈

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · Jul 7
New article out in World Politcs. We analyze how different groups react to varying programs of social democratic parties. We find less trade-offs than often assumed. Generally, more left-progressive programs increase support among social democratic potentials
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 6h
That attitude won't help...

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 6h
You can email my agent and we‘ll see if I can fit it in

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 7h
Hah! Harsh.
Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy is the answer to that question.

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 7h
I am still convinced that my answer to the question "which was the first sports team you ever supported?" is the reason that I was never invited to be on the Radikaal podcast 🤷‍♀️

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 14h
Yes. Overall similar picture as in Europe as Silja Häusermann shows in this chapter. The interesting difference is the lack of overlap between Labour and Conservatives. Failure of the Tories to benefit from unpopular government because of their culture wars focus.

www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...
Social Democracy in Competition (Chapter 6) - Beyond Social Democracy
Beyond Social Democracy - June 2024
www.cambridge.org

Reposted by Will Jennings

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 14h
Not your point, but just fascinating to see the numbers on Labour here. Huge frustration among their 2024 electorate with nearly as many considering Green and Lib Dems. And only a tiny share considering Reform. Mystery how this is not breaking throught to people making their strategic decisions.

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 1d
I agree that social media is not the best venue to discuss these things. I will note that I am not the one who brought it to social media. In any case, I think it is a bit late for this discussion.

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 1d
Also probably a good moment to think about how we would feel and would want to be treated in a similar situation. What should the editorial process look like? What is the right tone of a response? How and when do you promote it on social media? Does your language imply more than honest mistakes?

Reposted by Will Jennings

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 1d
Very unprofessional of the APSR to publish a response to a published article without publishing the original authors' reaction. "They will be published in the same issue." So we see them together when we get our hardcopy in the mail and flip through it on a Sunday afternoon?
turnbulldugarte.com Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 1d
A critique of our (w/ @bertous.bsky.social) paper “Instrumentally inclusive” has just been published.

Our response is under review (see below on process) but we feel obliged to share our draft for balance since the comment has been released without the response.

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 1d
A critique of our (w/ @bertous.bsky.social) paper “Instrumentally inclusive” has just been published.

Our response is under review (see below on process) but we feel obliged to share our draft for balance since the comment has been released without the response.

osf.io/rn6h3/files/...

Reposted by Tarik Abou‐Chadi

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Politics_Oxford @politicsoxford.bsky.social · 1d
Oxford’s PPRNet unveils eight new briefs showing how soaring housing costs are reshaping European politics—hurting centre-left parties and boosting anti-establishment sentiment. Led by @tabouchadi.bsky.social, the project urges an evidence-based debate on housing: ow.ly/5ICT50XyAIH

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 3d
We have done some work on rent prices and radical right support: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
I would also emphasize that the Guardian article is less focused on the radical right than implied by the headline.
Rental Market Risk and Radical Right Support - Tarik Abou-Chadi, Denis Cohen, Thomas Kurer, 2025
A growing literature examines how economic threat affects support for anti-establishment parties. While most existing work focuses on transforming labor markets...
journals.sagepub.com

Reposted by Ben H. Ansell, Markus Wagner

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 3d
For the Guardian, @bjoernbremer.bsky.social, @siljahausermann.bsky.social and I write about how building new homes is not enough to tackle the housing crisis. Housing is a redistributive issue and progressive policy solutions need to acknowledge that.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
To halt the far right, Europe’s progressive parties must fix its housing crisis. Our research shows how | Tarik Abou-Chadi, Björn Bremer and Silja Häusermann
The mantra of ‘build, build, build’ misses something crucial: that few can afford these new homes, say Tarik Abou-Chadi, Silja Häusermann and Björn Bremer
www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Will Jennings, Silja Häusermann, Werner Krause

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 3d
For the Guardian, @jonhenley.bsky.social reports on our new research briefs on the politics of housing. Current policies too often treat housing as an asset. Housing as a social right has nearly disappeared from the agenda of even progressive parties.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
European progressives must tackle housing crisis to beat far right, say researchers
Centre left can win broad support by addressing soaring house prices and rents, according to data analysis
www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Ben H. Ansell

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 3d
(8) Ben Ansell examines the political feasibility of wealth and inheritance taxes as potential funding sources for progressive housing and social policies. Inheritance taxes are particularly unpopular, but wealth taxes with credible promises to spend revenues on public investments can be popular.

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 3d
(7) Gerald Koessl provides an in-depth analysis of Austria's and Vienna's housing system as a potential model for affordable housing provision. He examines policy instruments that make this system work, critically assesses their effectiveness, and identifies lessons for other countries and cities.

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 3d
(6) Michael Wicki examines the politically contentious issue of urban densification - a key strategy for addressing climate change, housing supply constraints, and land scarcity. Wicki demonstrates that public acceptance of densification depends heavily on how projects are designed and implemented.

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 3d
(5) Aidan Regan asks whether and how homeownership can ever be a progressive policy. He argues that homeownership is only progressive when it is affordable and accessible to low- and middle-income households, rather than serving as a vehicle for speculative wealth accumulation.

Reposted by Sebastian Kohl

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 3d
(4) Sebastian Kohl, Max Steinhardt, and Simon Voss shift attention to an often-overlooked dimension of housing inequality: the distribution of living space. Overcrowding and under-occupation in the existing housing stock are rising. Policymakers should incentivize redistribution.

Reposted by Benjamin Braun

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 3d
(3) Dorothee Bohle and Lina Ehrich discuss the housing agenda of the radical right. Their analysis reveals how radical right parties attempt to reconcile housing affordability with their broader ideological commitments, including their stance on immigration, nationalism and the patrimonial family.

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 3d
(2) Lindsay Flynn and Giuseppe Montalbano examine the fundamental tension at the heart of contemporary housing policy: housing as a social right versus housing as an asset for wealth accumulation. They highlight potential paths forward for and the political tradeoffs that must be navigated carefully

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 3d
(1) Martin Vinæs Larsen traces the dramatic decline of social housing across Europe over the past four decades and analyzes the political barriers to its revival. He identifies four major obstacles to reviving social housing and argues for strategies with a broader appeal.

Reposted by Cas Mudde, Ben H. Ansell, Silja Häusermann , and 4 more

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 3d
With the Progressive Politics Research Network, we have published 8 new research briefs on the politics of housing. What does a progressive agenda on housing look like? Which elements are important? What the hurdles are and how can they be overcome?
politicscentre.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/progressive-...

Reposted by Kai Arzheimer, Tarik Abou‐Chadi

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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · 4d
Am Wochenende will sich in Gießen die neue Jugendorganisation der AfD gründen – begleitet von großen Gegendemonstrationen.

Ideologisch wie auch personell zeigen sich Kontinuitäten zu der Jungen Alternativen, analysiert ANNA-SOPHIE HEINZE (@asheinze.bsky.social).

verfassungsblog.de/afd-jugendor...
Zitat aus unserem neuesten Blogpost von Anna-Sophie Heinze: „Statt einer ideologischen Mäßigung scheint es der neuen Jugendorganisation – wie auch ihrer Mutterpartei – vor allem um eine organisatorische Professionalisierung zu gehen.“

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Nathalie Giger @nathaliegiger.bsky.social · 5d
🔔Job Alert 🔔
Thrilled to share that @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and I have been awarded 1.5 million CHF in SNSF funding for our new project: “Electoral choice: Which role does legislators’ quality play?”
We’re recruiting 1 postdoc and 2 PhD candidates to join us in Basel and Geneva!

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Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman.com · 5d
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Tarik Abou‐Chadi , and 2 more

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 5d
@brendannyhan.bsky.social is right: young people are reluctant to come to the defense of institutions that have excluded them, ignored them, and crushed their movements

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Consider the experiences of the last few years. The racial justice movement that peaked in 2020 ended in disappointment and backlash. The Gaza protests provoked intense conflict without delivering clear political or policy victories for their organizers. Maybe most important, Mr. Trump himself is back in the White House, suggesting a futility to opposition and activism among young people who have only ever known him as the central figure in our politics. He first took the oath of office when today's first-year college students were in elementary school. The electoral choices offered to young people are not much better. Given the realities of our dysfunctional two-party system, the only alternative to a Trump-dominated G.O.P. is the Democratic Party, which is dominated by a decadent gerontocracy whose elites were more likely to attend a wedding in the Hamptons than a No Kings protest on the same day.

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Florian Foos @florianfoos.bsky.social · 6d
We have a new tenure-track job in @lsegovernment.bsky.social at AP level (empirical political science, open subfield): jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... Please apply and share with colleagues who might be interested!
Assistant Professor in Political Science
Assistant Professor in Political Science, , <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</span></em></p> <p style="text-ali...
jobs.lse.ac.uk

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Reto Mitteregger @indubioproreto.bsky.social · 6d
New Publication with @lhaffert.bsky.social in @ejprjournal.bsky.social!

We study the role of generations in the urban-rural divide, which is increasingly shaping the politics of many democracies.

Studying Switzerland, we show: The urban-rural divide is stronger among younger generations. (1/10) 🧵👇

Reposted by Simon Hix, Lukas F. Stoetzer, Robert Huber , and 2 more

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Violeta Haas @haasvioleta.bsky.social · 8d
Happy that our paper with @bogatyrev.bsky.social, @tabouchadi.bsky.social, @heikekluever.bsky.social, and @lstoetze.bsky.social found a home at @thejop.bsky.social. You can read it here 👇

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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