This paper studies electoral effects of exposure to religious minorities in the context of Muslim communities in Germany. Using unique data on mosques' construction and election results across municipalities over the period 1980-2013, we find that the presence of a mosque increases political...

Party platforms differ sharply from one another, especially on issues with religious content, such as abortion or gay marriage. Religious extremism in the U.S. appears to be strategically targeted to win elections, since party platforms diverge significantly, while policy outcomes like abortion...

This paper shows how the rise of populist right-wing parties (PRWPs) can affect welfare state reforms in multiparty systems by drawing on an analysis of unemployment and pension reforms in Switzerland between the 1990s and 2000s, a period during which the Swiss People's Party (SVP) became the...