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Impactful Papers from the Journal
‘West European Politics’
1
Altmetric Attention Score: 356
Public support for government responses against COVID-19: assessing levels and predictors in eight Western democracies during 2020
West European Politics2021-06-07
Political Science
2
Altmetric Attention Score: 135
Housing prices and wealth inequality in Western Europe
West European Politics2019-02-18
Political Science
3
Altmetric Attention Score: 92
Explaining the emergence of the radical right in Spain and Portugal: salience, stigma and supply
West European Politics2020-06-19
Political Science
4
Altmetric Attention Score: 90
Housing and populism
West European Politics2019-06-07
Political Science
5
Altmetric Attention Score: 89
The long-lasting effects of citizenship education
West European Politics2021-05-21
Political Science
6
Altmetric Attention Score: 83
Welfare state policies and far right party support: moderating ‘insecurity effects' among different social groups
West European Politics2021-03-25
Political Science
7
Altmetric Attention Score: 63
Social divides in the age of globalization
West European Politics2019-10-28
Political Science
8
Altmetric Attention Score: 59
Democracy in times of the pandemic: explaining the variation of COVID-19 policies across European democracies
West European Politics2021-03-30
Political Science
9
Altmetric Attention Score: 55
The rightward shift and electoral decline of social democratic parties under increasing inequality
West European Politics2021-05-14
Political Science
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 55
From the rule of law to the rule of rules: technocracy and the crisis of EU governance
West European Politics2019-03-22
Political Science
11
Altmetric Attention Score: 53
Informed, uninformed or misinformed? A cross-national analysis of populist party supporters across European democracies
West European Politics2020-01-17
Political Science
12
Altmetric Attention Score: 52
Power to the people? Populism, democracy, and political participation: a citizen's perspective
West European Politics2020-06-29
Political Science
13
Altmetric Attention Score: 50
Changing classes, changing preferences: how social class mobility affects economic preferences
West European Politics2019-09-24
Political Science
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 50
Authoritarian values and the welfare state: the social policy preferences of radical right voters
West European Politics2021-03-03
Political Science
15
Altmetric Attention Score: 48
Social distancing, politics and wealth
West European Politics2021-05-17
Political Science
16
Altmetric Attention Score: 47
When a pariah party exploits its demonised status: the 2019 Finnish general election
West European Politics2019-07-29
Political Science
17
Altmetric Attention Score: 46
National past and populism: the re-elaboration of fascism and its impact on right-wing populism in Western Europe
West European Politics2019-05-29
Political Science
18
Altmetric Attention Score: 45
Radical right parties and their welfare state stances – not so blurry after all?
West European Politics2021-04-01
Political Science
19
Altmetric Attention Score: 44
The personality of populists: provocateurs, charismatic leaders, or drunken dinner guests?
West European Politics2019-05-03
Political Science
20
Altmetric Attention Score: 43
Who votes for new parties? Economic voting, political ideology and populist attitudes
West European Politics2019-06-07
Political Science
21
Altmetric Attention Score: 41
Populism between voting and non-electoral participation
West European Politics2020-03-31
Political Science
22
Altmetric Attention Score: 40
How to study the populist radical right and the welfare state?
West European Politics2021-06-29
Political Science
23
Altmetric Attention Score: 36
Has the middle secured its share of growth or been squeezed?
West European Politics2020-02-18
Political Science
24
Altmetric Attention Score: 35
The reshaping of political conflict over Europe: from pre-Maastricht to post-‘Euro crisis’
West European Politics2020-01-27
Political Science
25
Altmetric Attention Score: 34
Makers against takers: the socio-economic ideology and policy of the Austrian Freedom Party
West European Politics2020-02-18
Political Science
26
Altmetric Attention Score: 32
Beyond left and right: the eclectic populism of the Five Star Movement
West European Politics2019-05-13
Political Science
27
Altmetric Attention Score: 31
Assessing the diversity of anti-establishment and populist politics in Central and Eastern Europe
West European Politics2019-05-14
Political Science
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 31
How ex-Communist left parties reformed and lost
West European Politics2021-02-01
Political Science
29
Altmetric Attention Score: 30
Deliberative qualities in televised election debates: the influence of the electoral system and populism
West European Politics2019-09-05
Political Science
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 30
A Europe of creditor and debtor states: explaining the north/south divide in the Eurozone
West European Politics2019-04-29
Political Science
31
Altmetric Attention Score: 29
‘Rally round the flag’: the COVID-19 crisis and trust in the national government
West European Politics2021-06-14
Political Science
32
Altmetric Attention Score: 28
Perceived government autonomy, economic evaluations, and political support during the Eurozone crisis
West European Politics2019-10-28
Political Science
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 28
Going transnational? Candidates’ transnational linkages on Twitter during the 2019 European Parliament elections
West European Politics2020-09-03
Political Science
34
Altmetric Attention Score: 27
Appearing moderate or radical? Radical left party success and the two-dimensional political space
West European Politics2019-11-04
Political Science
35
Altmetric Attention Score: 26
How do voters react when their party forms a coalition they dislike?
West European Politics2019-10-17
Political Science
36
Altmetric Attention Score: 25
Citizen support for European Union membership: the role of socialisation experiences
West European Politics2019-01-25
Political Science
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 25
‘Immigrationization’ of welfare politics? Anti-immigration and welfare attitudes in context
West European Politics2020-01-13
Political Science
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 25
Adult roles and the gender gap in political knowledge: a comparative study
West European Politics2019-03-27
Political Science
39
Altmetric Attention Score: 24
The Italian election of 2018 and the first populist government of Western Europe
West European Politics2018-12-06
Political Science
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 24
It’s no longer the economy, stupid! Issue yield at the 2017 German federal election
West European Politics2019-10-30
Political Science
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 24
Territory and the divine: the intersection of religion and national identity
West European Politics2021-02-19
Political Science
42
Altmetric Attention Score: 23
The will for reason: voter demand for experts in office
West European Politics2020-06-23
Political Science
43
Altmetric Attention Score: 22
How do cross-pressures affect immigration attitudes? Party and educational influences
West European Politics2021-09-28
Political Science
44
Altmetric Attention Score: 21
Issue yield, campaign communication, and electoral performance: a six-country comparative analysis
West European Politics2019-10-01
Political Science
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 21
Representing their own? Ethnic minority women in the Dutch Parliament
West European Politics2019-02-28
Political Science
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 21
The United Kingdom 2017 election: polarisation in a split issue space
West European Politics2019-10-01
Political Science
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 21
Dolce far niente? Non-compliance and blame avoidance in the EU
West European Politics2021-05-10
Political Science
48
Altmetric Attention Score: 20
Opposition in times of crisis: COVID-19 in parliamentary debates
West European Politics2021-03-04
Political Science
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 20
To adapt or to defend? Comparing position shifts among Bundestag candidates between 2013 and 2017
West European Politics2019-03-05
Political Science
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 20
Losing out on substance but winning procedurally? The European Parliament and accountability in crisis legislation
West European Politics2019-02-15
Political Science