{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4403402694","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s1755773924000171","title":"Forging support: when there is no alternative to \u2018there is no alternative\u2019","display_name":"Forging support: when there is no alternative to \u2018there is no alternative\u2019","publication_year":2024,"publication_date":"2024-10-14","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4403402694","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s1755773924000171"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1017/s1755773924000171","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s1755773924000171","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s1755773924000171","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S202288906","display_name":"European Political Science Review","issn_l":"1755-7739","issn":["1755-7739","1755-7747"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","doaj","erih-plus","jufo-2","norway-1","poland-100","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310311721","host_organization_name":"Cambridge University Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310311721","https://openalex.org/P4310311702"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Cambridge University Press","University of Cambridge"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"European Political Science Review","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s1755773924000171","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5044297001","display_name":"Max Joosten","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2529-6621","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2529-6621"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I887064364","display_name":"University of Amsterdam","ror":"https://ror.org/04dkp9463","country_code":"NL","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I887064364"]}],"countries":["NL"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"M.A. (Max) Joosten","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Political Science, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2529-6621","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Political Science, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I887064364"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5044297001"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I887064364"],"apc_list":{"value":3450,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3450},"apc_paid":{"value":3450,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3450},"fwci":0.7115,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":2,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.78023327,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":96,"max":97},"biblio":{"volume":"17","issue":"1","first_page":"80","last_page":"98"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11621","display_name":"Fiscal Policies and Political Economy","score":0.9121000170707703,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2002","display_name":"Economics and Econometrics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/20","display_name":"Economics, Econometrics and Finance"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11621","display_name":"Fiscal Policies and Political Economy","score":0.9121000170707703,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2002","display_name":"Economics and Econometrics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/20","display_name":"Economics, Econometrics and Finance"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10108","display_name":"Electoral Systems and Political Participation","score":0.0723000019788742,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3320","display_name":"Political Science and International Relations"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10443","display_name":"Social Policy and Reform Studies","score":0.012199999764561653,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3320","display_name":"Political Science and International Relations"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/austerity","display_name":"austerity","score":0.9890000224113464},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/public-opinion","display_name":"public opinion","score":0.5149999856948853},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/preference-adaptation","display_name":"preference adaptation","score":0.7210000157356262},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/party-consensus","display_name":"party consensus","score":0.6269999742507935},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/public-spending-cuts","display_name":"public spending cuts","score":0.640999972820282},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/income-heterogeneity","display_name":"income heterogeneity","score":0.8289999961853027}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C96494537","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193057","display_name":"Forging","level":2,"score":0.6640366911888123},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.44484174251556396},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.34249165654182434},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C190253527","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q295354","display_name":"Law and economics","level":1,"score":0.32267582416534424},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.18845245242118835},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78519656","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101333","display_name":"Mechanical engineering","level":1,"score":0.06992238759994507}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1017/s1755773924000171","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s1755773924000171","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s1755773924000171","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S202288906","display_name":"European Political Science Review","issn_l":"1755-7739","issn":["1755-7739","1755-7747"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","doaj","erih-plus","jufo-2","norway-1","poland-100","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310311721","host_organization_name":"Cambridge University Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310311721","https://openalex.org/P4310311702"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Cambridge University Press","University of Cambridge"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"European Political Science Review","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:gesis.izsoz.de:document/104756","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/104756","pdf_url":"https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/bitstream/document/104756/1/ssoar-epsr-2025-1-joosten-Forging_support_when_there_is.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401996","display_name":"Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS \u2013 Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I4210101898","host_organization_name":"GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210101898"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"80-98","raw_type":"Zeitschriftenartikel"},{"id":"pmh:oai:dare.uva.nl:openaire/ec0dd97d-8e8e-4c0b-8560-b6cdb43c72df","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://handle.uba.uva.nl/personal/pure/en/publications/forging-support(ec0dd97d-8e8e-4c0b-8560-b6cdb43c72df).html","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400088","display_name":"UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I887064364","host_organization_name":"University of Amsterdam","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I887064364"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Joosten, M A 2025, 'Forging support : when there is no alternative to \u2018there is no alternative\u2019', European Political Science Review, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 80-98. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1755773924000171","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1017/s1755773924000171","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s1755773924000171","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s1755773924000171","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S202288906","display_name":"European Political Science Review","issn_l":"1755-7739","issn":["1755-7739","1755-7747"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","doaj","erih-plus","jufo-2","norway-1","poland-100","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310311721","host_organization_name":"Cambridge University Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310311721","https://openalex.org/P4310311702"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Cambridge University Press","University of Cambridge"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"European Political Science Review","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[{"display_name":"No poverty","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/1","score":0.6499999761581421}],"study_designs":[{"display_name":"Observational Study","id":"https://openalex.org/study-designs/observational-study"}],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G5128789362","display_name":"Unequal Democracies","funder_award_id":"741538","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320338335","funder_display_name":"H2020 European Research Council"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321008","display_name":"Universiteit van Amsterdam","ror":"https://ror.org/04dkp9463"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320323830","display_name":"Universit\u00e9 de Gen\u00e8ve","ror":"https://ror.org/01swzsf04"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320338335","display_name":"H2020 European Research Council","ror":"https://ror.org/0472cxd90"}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":70,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W640298278","https://openalex.org/W1506078050","https://openalex.org/W1552466412","https://openalex.org/W1966138051","https://openalex.org/W1976257006","https://openalex.org/W1983170963","https://openalex.org/W1992312929","https://openalex.org/W2009658376","https://openalex.org/W2010225203","https://openalex.org/W2021076918","https://openalex.org/W2051656290","https://openalex.org/W2068580867","https://openalex.org/W2108769219","https://openalex.org/W2111245701","https://openalex.org/W2113899186","https://openalex.org/W2114986694","https://openalex.org/W2119207686","https://openalex.org/W2120477000","https://openalex.org/W2121511208","https://openalex.org/W2122550888","https://openalex.org/W2138432709","https://openalex.org/W2144080571","https://openalex.org/W2144987729","https://openalex.org/W2156539276","https://openalex.org/W2171563476","https://openalex.org/W2264694813","https://openalex.org/W2311900980","https://openalex.org/W2315688625","https://openalex.org/W2526389043","https://openalex.org/W2576773771","https://openalex.org/W2754715765","https://openalex.org/W2790999614","https://openalex.org/W2797228706","https://openalex.org/W2798572278","https://openalex.org/W2799537608","https://openalex.org/W2805435238","https://openalex.org/W2892026192","https://openalex.org/W2914513706","https://openalex.org/W2937479878","https://openalex.org/W2962569529","https://openalex.org/W2975217153","https://openalex.org/W2982439706","https://openalex.org/W2995284650","https://openalex.org/W3001027849","https://openalex.org/W3009391348","https://openalex.org/W3022342389","https://openalex.org/W3049384618","https://openalex.org/W3082202024","https://openalex.org/W3082738093","https://openalex.org/W3122491603","https://openalex.org/W3123577625","https://openalex.org/W3131305775","https://openalex.org/W3133635617","https://openalex.org/W3134242233","https://openalex.org/W3170624800","https://openalex.org/W3186576953","https://openalex.org/W3210426328","https://openalex.org/W4206815009","https://openalex.org/W4221038920","https://openalex.org/W4224235203","https://openalex.org/W4236636785","https://openalex.org/W4241683857","https://openalex.org/W4285236493","https://openalex.org/W4292280330","https://openalex.org/W4300170376","https://openalex.org/W4301045525","https://openalex.org/W4312640864","https://openalex.org/W4366716980","https://openalex.org/W4387129388","https://openalex.org/W4393262760"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2748952813","https://openalex.org/W4391375266","https://openalex.org/W2186702600","https://openalex.org/W2899215201","https://openalex.org/W2367075311","https://openalex.org/W2089264062","https://openalex.org/W2391032819","https://openalex.org/W2370003292","https://openalex.org/W2991861161","https://openalex.org/W4394820801"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Abstract":[0],"Whether":[1],"fiscal":[2,183,192,217],"austerity":[3,53,143,199],"by":[4,36,49,85,122,163,209],"governments":[5],"is":[6,10,83,100,161],"unpopular":[7],"or":[8],"not":[9,47,75],"much":[11],"discussed":[12],"in":[13,30,58,67,102,110],"the":[14,50,78,86,98,128,151,167,175,179,188,242,245],"literature.":[15],"One":[16],"line":[17],"of":[18,52,169,191,238],"research":[19],"argues":[20],"that":[21,43,55,80,138,166,173,228],"consolidation":[22,61],"has":[23],"negative":[24],"electoral":[25],"effects,":[26],"ranging":[27],"from":[28,127,178],"declines":[29],"politicians\u2019":[31],"approval":[32],"ratings":[33],"to":[34,105,119,124,146,156,244],"abstention":[35],"voters":[37,57,145,234],"at":[38,68],"elections.":[39],"Another":[40],"strand":[41],"highlights":[42],"re-election":[44],"chances":[45],"are":[46,65,174,235],"harmed":[48],"implementation":[51],"and":[54,92,96,232],"some":[56],"fact":[59],"support":[60],"measures.":[62],"Both":[63],"sides":[64],"limited":[66,101],"least":[69,236],"two":[70],"regards.":[71],"First,":[72],"they":[73,240],"do":[74],"allow":[76],"for":[77,219],"possibility":[79],"public":[81],"opinion":[82],"shaped":[84],"political":[87],"discussion":[88],"about":[89],"government":[90,157],"debts":[91],"budget":[93],"deficits.":[94],"Second,":[95],"relatedly,":[97],"literature":[99,129],"its":[103],"extent":[104],"which":[106],"it":[107],"considers":[108],"heterogeneity":[109],"preference":[111,132],"adaptation":[112,160],"across":[113],"income":[114,164,171],"groups.":[115],"This":[116,159],"article":[117,195],"contributes":[118],"these":[120,207],"debates":[121],"bringing":[123],"bear":[125],"insights":[126],"on":[130,142,216,248],"mass":[131],"formation.":[133],"In":[134],"particular,":[135],"I":[136,205],"argue":[137],"a":[139],"cross-party":[140],"consensus":[141,180,247],"leads":[144],"align":[147],"their":[148,182],"preferences":[149,168,184,212],"with":[150,213],"consensus,":[152],"increasingly":[153],"demanding":[154],"cuts":[155],"spending.":[158],"conditioned":[162],"so":[165],"those":[170],"groups":[172],"furthest":[176],"away":[177],"adapt":[181,241],"most.":[185],"By":[186],"including":[187],"discursive":[189],"context":[190],"policy,":[193],"this":[194],"helps":[196],"explain":[197],"how":[198],"can":[200],"be":[201],"made":[202],"popular.":[203],"Empirically,":[204],"test":[206],"expectations":[208],"matching":[210],"citizen":[211],"party":[214,246],"positions":[215],"policy":[218],"60":[220],"country":[221],"years.":[222],"The":[223],"empirical":[224],"results":[225],"indeed":[226],"demonstrate":[227],"even":[229],"though":[230],"low-":[231],"middle-income":[233],"supportive":[237],"austerity,":[239],"most":[243],"austerity.":[249]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-10-16T09:59:22.235173","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}