The welfare state has been a topic of increased political debate. In this context, this analysis
aims to identify the existence of potential patterns in the stressful situation to which
mainstream centre-left parties have been subject since 2008. The analysis builds on a new
dataset covering 252 parties from 30 countries, the 27 European Union Member States, the
United Kingdom, Norway, and Switzerland. The main results show that it is difficult to
provide a general overview of how the Great Recession impacted the electoral performance
of the mainstream centre-left. Indeed, the statistical analysis shows important variance
across welfare models, indicating that the context shapes the dynamics of the party
competition. Moreover, results indicate that the competition on pro-welfare platforms
from both the left and the right of the political spectrum varies importantly with different
patterns and formulas across the five welfare types.
Cătălin Gabriel Done, “Reimagining Regional Security: the Baltic Nexus and NORDEFCO in the Neo Medievalist Context of the Ukrainian War”, Working Paper 6/2023, pp. 1-21
This paper explores the reimagining of regional security in the Baltic region within thecontext of the Ukrainian war, utilizing a neo medievalist framework. Focusing on