Paperback edition of “The Politics of Environmental Performance: Institutions and Preferences in Industrial Democracies” Cambridge University Press. $27,99. For discount click here.

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The paper The Changing Meaning and Relevance of Left and Right in Highly Industrialized Democracies will be presented in the panel on Populism and the Growing Appeal of Far Right Parties. (Thu, August 30, 2:00 to 3:30pm, Marriott, Dartmouth). Download the paper here.

The paper The Agenda Setting Power Model in Comparative Politics: Political Partisanship and Environmental Performance will be presented in the panel on in the panel on Political Responsiveness and Economic Policy. (Sat, September 1, 12:00 to 1:30pm, Marriott, Salon B). Download the paper here.

This Working Paper presents and describes party positions on a left-right dimension (LR) proposed in ‘‘Conceptualizing Left and Right in Comparative Politics: Towards a Deductive Approach’’ (Jahn, 2011). In addition it gives a more detailed account of constructing the LR than was possible in the original research article. The working paper can be found here

The article "Distribution Regimes and Redistribution Effects during Retrenchment and Crisis: A Cui Bono Analysis of Unemployment Replacement Rates of Various Income Categories in 31 Welfare States" is now accepted for publication in Journal of European Social Policy.

The paper analyzes redistribution effects during retrenchment and crisis in 31 welfare states by using a new dataset from a refined analysis of unemployment replacement rates of low, middle and high income levels (CWED2). Starting by identifying four distribution regimes before the economic crisis, the analysis shows that these regimes determine the redistribution of unemployment benefits during the period of retrenchment. As expected, equality-oriented capitalism redistributes in favor of the low-income levels and status-oriented and competitiveness-oriented capitalism have no redistribution effects. More interesting is the redistribution effect of a fourth regime type which favors high-income groups and which is present in both Western (Mediterranean) as well as Central and Eastern European countries. Another intriguing finding is that – with some notable exceptions – the period of retrenchment has been characterized by sparing the low-income groups from severe cuts. This has changed in the current economic crisis where this group has experienced severe cuts in their benefits. The reaction to the crisis is also more strongly determined by immediate needs and is not as well explained by the distribution regimes.

Government positions and veto player ranges in the left-right and green-growth dimension are finally available as part of the replication files for The Politics of Environmental Performance. You will find the data in the download section.

The Politics of Environmental Performance. Institutions and Preferences in Industrialized Democracies is now available in print. More information, supplementary material and data is provided here.

The new Greifswald Comparative Politics Working Paper No. 10 dealing with the diffusion of Active Labour Market Policies is just published and can be found here.

The article "Changing the Guard: Trends in Corporatist Arrangements in 42 Highly Industrialized Societies from 1960 to 2010" (previously only published online in advance) is available in print in Socio-Economic Review, Vol. 14, Issue 1.

On May 27, 2016, Prof Jahn will give a talk about "Patterns of Welfare State Generosity: Refining the Comparative Welfare Entitlements Dataset" at the Department of Social Policy and Intervention at Oxford University.