#1 – Simon Hix about the The Rise and Fall of Social Democracy by Wiardi Beckman Stichting published on 2019-12-24T10:09:51Z Using a new dataset, of all elections in 31 countries between 1918 and 2017, Simon Hix will trace the evolution of the correlates of electoral support for Social Democratic parties. The challenge for Social Democrats today is whether a new electoral coalition can be built across an array of contemporary groups, such as the precariat, sociocultural professionals, and women and ethnic minorities.