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Blog: Bridge policies and welfare politics: How the preferences of voters feed into social policymaking

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How do parties integrate the views of voters into their policy platforms? Drawing on a new study of social policy in seven European countries, Michael Pinggera explains that parties increasingly focus on ‘bridge policies’ – policies that are popular among both their support base and the general electorate. Read More