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Post Doc @goetheuni | prev. @MZESUniMannheim & @PolEconReforms | Interested in Political Economy, Political Conflict, Welfare States & Comparative Methods https://www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/135512626/Benedikt_Bender?locale=en
Lastly, for more information on the raw dataset - including details on the outcome, the different conditions, solutions, and robustness checks - please see our appendix.
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Many thanks to the editors @cpsjournal.bsky.social and the reviewers for their valuable feedback.
Finally, many thanks to all co-authors for the excellent teamwork, namely: Katharina Bluhm, Stanislav Klimovich, Sabine Kropp, Ulla Pape, & Claudius Wagemann.
This raises the question of whether formal SBRs also contribute to “better governance.” We argue that the opposite is the case.
📢 Our analysis shows that formally institutionalised SBRs help stabilise the “badly designed” informal institutions from which the autocrat primarily benefits.
The results are complex, as different pathways lead to the institutionalisation of SBRs.
🔎However, we conclude that institutionalised SBRs constitute a crucial element of consolidated authoritarian rule, even in highly personalised political systems such as Russia’s.
Our fsQCA analysis identifies four distinct configurations: (1) monopolised economy, (2) hegemonic authoritarian politics, (3) personalist politics, and (4) competitive authoritarian politics.
Nevertheless, the rationale behind formalisation varies across regions. We therefore ask which different configurations account for institutionalised SBRs.
To answer this question, we apply fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis to systematically examine SBRs across all federal regions.
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There is a clear prevalence of agreements between the state and business, along with formalised procedures. Notably, even many clearly closed regional authoritarian regimes in Russia feature formalised SBRs.
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The result was unexpectedly clear: 59 of 83 regions exhibit “strong” or “fairly strong” institutionalised SBRs.
📢 Our first conclusion, therefore, is that formalised SBRs constitute a significant element in the unexpected resilience of Russia’s authoritarian regime.
We examine the conditions underlying the formalisation of state-business relations (SBRs) in Russia’s authoritarian regime.
Contrary to the common argument that informality dominates these relations, we argue that both state and business actors have multiple reasons to formalise their cooperation.
📢Which economic & political conditions lead to institutionalised state–business relations in Russia’s authoritarian regime?
It is a combination of both, but a key factor is that these relations help stabilise institutions from which the autocrat mainly benefits.
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Lesenswertes Interview mit Ch. Benner @faznet.bsky.social
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🎉 Herzlichen Glückwunsch! Prof. Enrico Schleiff bleibt #Präsident der #GoetheUni Frankfurt: Der Erweiterte Senat hat den Zellbiologen für eine zweite Amtszeit ab dem 1. Januar 2027 gewählt. Diese beträgt sechs Jahre. 🔗 aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/hochschule/e...
The Social Democratic Finance Minister Klingbeil calls for a new tripartite format called “Alliance for Work and Innovation” to work together towards relevant solutions.
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The Christian Democratic Minister-President Wüst (North Rhine-Westpalia) speaks so much about cooperation between unions, employers & the government that one could suspect him of being a trade union leader.
Interview with Phoenix: www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7my...
Are trade unions, employer associations & the government in Germany working together to solve the current economic crisis?
The answer is yes! An examination of daily political communication does provide some positive evidence.
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Curious how debt shapes inequality? 🌍
Join a great team in a supportive, inspiring environment!
🧠📈 Do policymakers link skills in the knowledge economy with social inclusion?
🧲 Treating the knowledge economy as a coalition magnet, Martin B. Carstensen, Patrick Emmenegger, and Cecilia Ivardi Ganapini show distinct patterns across countries 👇
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
AfD-nahe Organisation Zentrum will in deutsche Firmen vordringen
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Insbesondere an Early-Career-Researcher: wenn Ihr Rückmeldung zu Eurem Paper haben möchtet, dann stellt die Arbeit online im Kolloquium vor! Alles rund um Welfare State Research (deutsch & englisch) ist HERZLICH WILLKOMMEN.
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Letzte Woche hatten wir den Jahresauftakt des Qualifizierungskolloquiums der interdisziplinären Sozialpolitikforschung @difis.bsky.social.
Ruby Chau, Co-Editor von Social Policy and Society, hat einen brillanten Vortrag gehalten zum Thema: Publizieren in internationalen Journals (1/2).
Happy to share this new paper @jeppjournal.bsky.social with my great colleagues @dweisstanner.bsky.social & Carsten Jensen.
In "Winning with equality", we show "how left-wing parties attract votes but [in doing so] amplify electoral cleavages"
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Key points in 📈👇
Selektive Anreize für eine Gewerkschaftsmitgliedschaft wie es bereits von Mancur Olson (1965) beschrieben wurde.
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Mitgliederentwicklung deutscher Gewerkschaften💡
B.Ebbinghaus und ich beschreiben Faktoren für den Mitgliederrückgang, analysieren -trends von Berufsgruppen, diskutieren die aktuelle -stabilisierung & eine neue Wertschätzung in der Öffentlichkeit.
👉 doi.org/10.1007/978-...
Der Beitrag von @katjamoe.bsky.social @claraoverweg.bsky.social und mir zur aktuellen Rentendebatte
CRC 1342 "Global Dynamics of Social Policy" Enters Third Funding Phase! 🌏🥳 DFG is supporting the CRC for another four years until the end of 2029! #socialpolicy Read more: socialpolicydynamics.de/en
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🚨New publication out in @reggovjournal.bsky.social
@danielk24.bsky.social & I show that the support for green subsidies by unions & business interest groups in the 🇺🇸 & in 🇩🇪 goes hand in hand with the support for eco-social policies.
Open access here: doi.org/10.1111/rego...
A summary below 👇
