In a recent paper published in Comparative European Politics, SPP Assistant Professor Evelyne Hübscher explores how leftist and right-wing governments respond to different levels of political constraints. She reviewed data covering 18 countries over a period of 30 years. Hübscher notes that although leftist governments "privilege the core workforce by increasing the redistributive generosity of core social security programs" when faced with severe constraints, they "have a less clientelistic approach to welfare state reforms" when the constraints are low. Right-wing party governments, on the other hand, significantly decrease social spending when political constraints are low resulting in very different reform outcomes. Commenting on her paper, Hübscher said, "my work contributes to our understanding about how party politics needs to be re-conceptualized in times of austerity and increasing economic interdependence."