Social Science Weekly

Join us this week as we dive into the rise of identity politics in the U.S. and its implications on political behavior. We explore a interesting paper titled “Identity Politics,” published as an Economics Working Paper in March 2023. Authors: Nicola Gennaioli https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=1nnaKEwAAAAJ&hl=en Guido Tabellini: https://scholar.google.ch/citations?user=z2bcm8cAAAAJ&hl=en The institution that supported this work is Bocconi University in Italy. Links for further exploration: · Full Paper: https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/271982/1/cesifo1_wp10338.pdf · Data on political adverts: https://mediaproject.wesleyan.edu/ · Data on white voting over time: https://electionstudies.org/ Stay Connected: Twitter: https://twitter.com/socsciweekly LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/social-science-weekly/ Tune in to Social Science Weekly, to get just the facts, none of the spin, from the best and most important social science.

In this week's episode of Social Science Weekly, we dive into a paper titled “Does Protest Influence Political Speech? Evidence from UK Climate Protest, 2017–2019”, recently published in the British Journal of Political Science. Join us as we explore research by Christopher Barrie, Thomas G. Fleming, and Sam S. Rowan, who have looked at political discourse in the UK, asking if climate protests can influence it. The research is backed by institutions such as the University of Edinburgh, University College London, and Concordia University in Montreal. For more information click below. - Read the Full Paper - Fridays for Future Website - Hansard Record - Data used in the paper - Supplementary Information Stay connected with us on Twitter and LinkedIn for more updates. Tune in to Social Science Weekly, to get just the facts, none of the spin, from the best and most important social science.