Publications

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

Engler, Sarah, Theresa Gessler, Tarik Abou-Chadi and Lucas Leemann. (2022). Democracy challenged? How different party families politicize different democratic principles. Journal of European Public Policy. DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2022.2099956

Engler, Sarah and David Weisstanner. (2021). The threat of social decline: Income inequality and radical right support. Journal of European Public Policy. 28(2): 153-173. DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2020.1733636                                                                             

• Winner of the 2019 CES/JEPP Political Economy and Welfare Best Paper Prize

• LSE European Politics & Policy (EUROPP) Blog. ‘Fear of decline drives voters to the radical right when inequality increases’. 18 March 2020 

Engler, Sarah, Palmo Brunner, Romane Loviat, Tarik Abou-Chadi, Lucas Leemann, Andreas Glaser and Daniel Kübler. (2021). Democracy in times of the pandemic: Explaining the variation of COVID-19 policies across European democracies. West European Politics 44(5/6): 1077-1102. DOI:10.1080/01402382.2021.1900669                                                                            

Engler, Sarah. (2020). Centrist Anti-Establishment Parties and Their Protest Voters: More Than a Superficial Romance? European Political Science Review 12(3): 307-325. DOI: 10.1017/S1755773920000132                                                                            

Engler, Sarah. (2020). Fighting corruption or fighting the corrupt elite? Politicizing corruption within and beyond the populist divide. Democratization 27(4): 643-661. DOI:10.1080/13510347.2020.1713106                                                                            

• Winner of the 2020 Frank Cass Prize for the best article published in Democratization. 

• The Loop. ECPR's Political Science Blog. 'It's not just populism! Politicising corruption in election campaigns'. 5 October 2020

Engler, Sarah, Bartek Pytlas and Kevin Deegan-Krause. (2019). Assessing the diversity of anti-establishment and populist politics in Central and Eastern Europe. West European Politics 42(6): 1310-1336. DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2019.1596696                                                                             

Engler, Sarah. (2016). Corruption and Electoral Support for New Political Parties in Central and Eastern Europe. West European Politics 39(2): 278-304. DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2015.1084127                                                                             

• Winner of the 2014 Peter Mair Party Politics Prize of the ECPR Summer School on Political Parties 

Book reviews

Engler, Sarah. 2022. Party Politics. ‘Catherine E. de Vries and Sara B. Hobolt. 2020. Political Entrepreneurs. The Rise of Challenger Parties in Europe. Princeton: Princeton University Press.’ (link)

Book chapters

Engler, Sarah and David Weisstanner (2020). Income Inequality, status decline and support for the radical right, in: Romana Careja, Patrick Emmenegger and Nathalie Giger (eds.), The European Social Model under Pressure, Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 383-400 (First Online).

Kübler, Daniel and Sarah Engler. (2019). Vom Aufstieg zum Niedergang der Demokratie?, in: Daniel Kübler, Andreas Glaser and Monika Waldis (eds.), Brennpunkt Demokratie. 10 Jahre Zentrum für Demokratie Aarau, Baden: Hier und Jetzt Verlag, 18 - 35.

Armingeon, Klaus and Sarah Engler. (2015). Polarisierung als Strategie. Die Polarisierung des Schweizer Parteiensystems im internationalen Vergleich, in: Markus Freitag und Adrian Vatter (eds.), Wahlen und Wählerschaften in der Schweiz, Zürich: NZZ-Verlag, 355-380. 

Armingeon, Klaus and Sarah Engler. (2013). Politisch-administrative Strukturen und Umgebungsprozesse der Wirtschaftspolitik, in: Andreas Ladner, Jean-Loup Chappelet, Yves Emery, Peter Knoepfel, Luzius Mader, Nils Soguel et Frédéric Varone (eds.), Handbuch der öffentlichen Verwaltung in der Schweiz, Zürich: NZZ-Verlag, 731-758.