Jonas Pontusson

8.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
75 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Jonas Pontusson is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Public Administration and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonas Pontusson has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 22 papers in Public Administration and 13 papers in Finance. Recurrent topics in Jonas Pontusson's work include Social Policy and Reform Studies (38 papers), Labor Movements and Unions (22 papers) and Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (10 papers). Jonas Pontusson is often cited by papers focused on Social Policy and Reform Studies (38 papers), Labor Movements and Unions (22 papers) and Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (10 papers). Jonas Pontusson collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Denmark. Jonas Pontusson's co-authors include David Rueda, Lucio Baccaro, Lane Kenworthy, Noam Lupu, Christopher J. Anderson, Richard Clayton, Peter Swenson, Colin Crouch, Franz Traxler and Damian Raess and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Political Science Review and Foreign Affairs.

In The Last Decade

Jonas Pontusson

69 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Rethinking Comparative Political Economy

2016 333 citations Jonas Pontusson et al. profile →
The Structure of Inequality and the Politics of Redistribution

2011 293 citations Noam Lupu, Jonas Pontusson profile →

Peers

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Évelyne Huber United States

Duane Swank United States

Torben Iversen United States

David Rueda United Kingdom

Francis G. Castles Australia

Lane Kenworthy United States

Michael Wallerstein United States

Walter Korpi Sweden

Maurizio Ferrera Italy

Lucio Baccaro Switzerland

Évelyne Huber United States

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Countries citing papers authored by Jonas Pontusson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jonas Pontusson

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Pontusson, Jonas. (2025). The Comparative Politics of Inequality and Redistribution in Liberal Democracies. World Politics. 77(1S). 27–38.

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Pontusson, Jonas, et al.. (2024). Trade unions and the partisan preferences of their members: Sweden 1986–2021. Socio-Economic Review. 23(1). 51–73.

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Pontusson, Jonas. (2024). The Comparative Politics of Inequality and Redistribution in Liberal Democracies. World Politics. 1 indexed citations

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Schraff, Dominik & Jonas Pontusson. (2023). Falling behind whom? Economic geographies of right-wing populism in Europe. Journal of European Public Policy. 31(6). 1591–1619. 21 indexed citations

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Burgoon, Brian, Noam Lupu, Jonas Pontusson, & Wouter Schakel. (2022). Understanding unequal representation. European Journal of Political Research. 61(2). 297–303. 13 indexed citations

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Pontusson, Jonas, et al.. (2022). Voter preferences as a source of descriptive (mis)representation by social class. European Journal of Political Research. 61(2). 398–419. 13 indexed citations

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Raess, Damian & Jonas Pontusson. (2014). The politics of fiscal policy during economic downturns, 1981–2010. European Journal of Political Research. 54(1). 1–22. 23 indexed citations

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Pontusson, Jonas. (2013). Global and Domestic Politics in the Wake of the Financial and Economic Crisis. Swiss Political Science Review. 19(4). 546–549. 1 indexed citations

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Pontusson, Jonas & Damian Raess. (2012). How (and Why) Is This Time Different? The Politics of Economic Crisis in Western Europe and the United States. Annual Review of Political Science. 15(1). 13–33. 79 indexed citations

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Kwon, Hyeok Yong & Jonas Pontusson. (2010). Globalization, Labour Power and Partisan Politics Revisited. Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva). 1 indexed citations

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Anderson, Christopher J. & Jonas Pontusson. (2007). Workers, worries and welfare states: Social protection and job insecurity in 15 OECD countries. European Journal of Political Research. 46(2). 211–235. 277 indexed citations

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Pontusson, Jonas, et al.. (2006). El recorte del Estado de bienestar reconsiderado: reducción de los derechos, reestructuración del sector público y tendencias desigualitarias en las sociedades capitalistas avanzadas. 121–164. 1 indexed citations

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Pontusson, Jonas. (2006). Great Controversies: Whither Social Europe?. Challenge. 49(6). 35–54. 2 indexed citations

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Pontusson, Jonas, David Rueda, & Christopher Way. (2002). Comparative Political Economy of Wage Distribution: The Role of Partisanship and Labour Market Institutions. British Journal of Political Science. 32(2). 281–308. 153 indexed citations

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Soskice, David, Torben Iversen, & Jonas Pontusson. (2000). Unions, employers, and central banks: wage bargaining and macroeconomic regimes in an integrating Europe. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 9 indexed citations

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Iversen, Torben, Jonas Pontusson, & David Soskice. (2000). Unions, Employers and Central Banks: Macroeconomic Coordination and Institutional Change in Social Market Economies. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 114 indexed citations

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Clayton, Richard & Jonas Pontusson. (1998). Welfare-State Retrenchment Revisited: Entitlement Cuts, Public Sector Restructuring, and Inegalitarian Trends in Advanced Capitalist Societies. World Politics. 51(1). 67–98. 271 indexed citations

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Pontusson, Jonas. (1988). Swedish social democracy and British labour : essays on the nature and condition of social democratic hegemony. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 12 indexed citations

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Pontusson, Jonas. (1987). Radicalization and Retreat in Swedish Social Democracy. New left review. 1(165). 5–33. 2 indexed citations

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Pontusson, Jonas. (1986). Labor reformism and the politics of capital formation in Sweden. U.M.I. (University Microfilms International) Dissertation Information Service eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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