Andreas Wiedemann

I am an Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University. I study economic inequality, redistributive politics, and political behavior in rich democracies.

My book, Indebted Societies: Credit and Welfare in Rich Democracies (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics), examines the political causes behind the rise of credit as a private alternative to the welfare state and the political consequences for economic insecurity and social solidarity. Indebted Societies won the William H. Riker Book Award and the Best Book on Class and Inequality Award from the American Political Science Association. My other work has been published in the American Journal of Political Science, the British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, and the Journal of Politics.

I am currently working on the affordability crisis in housing markets and a new book project about spatial inequalities and democratic politics across rich democracies.