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Does #PublicMoney level the playing field or change it in unexpected ways? 💸
Blessing or curse? A critical review of the paradoxical consequences of direct public funding for political parties
@CasalBertoa, William Horncastle & @sergiulipceanbuff.ly/AALa1xV
Why do different groups see the same political parties so differently?
Ingroup and outgroup effects on party placement perceptions
- Ingrid Mauerer & M. Socorro Puy
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Why do some autonomy disputes suddenly turn into secessionist explosions? 💥
Lost autonomy triggers and the rise of secessionism
- Felix Schulte, @matthias_scanti & Maria Ackrén
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But what happens next? 🫱 🫲
@lucas_coutoz uses a cross-case analysis of Latin American 🌎 cases to question why some governments closely follow their pre-electoral #Coalition agreements while others do not.
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Politics runs on uncertainty yet the concept is fuzzy. 🤯
A new uncertainty grid by Barbara Vis & Olaf van der Veen helps map when phenomena are certain, workably uncertain, or radically uncertain with lessons from Covid-19 🦠
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📉 Is democratic #Backsliding driven by reactionary voters?
A long-term analysis by L.J. Brunkert, @BiPuranen, A. Turska-Kawa & C. Welzel across the EU challenges this idea, to see whether shifts in public opinion explain the rise of right-wing #Populismbuff.ly/TRrQ3Fs
⚖️ What makes people #Trust constitutional courts?
Using Spain after the Catalonia ruling, Pablo Castillo-Ortiz & @RosaNavarrete show that judicial independence and technocratic qualities matter more for trust than how judges are politically appointed
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🆕 Closer to the people: the impact of politicians’ working-class affiliation on their ability to evoke feelings of symbolic representation among the general population and the working class -
- Caroline Hahn
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Who really shapes #NationalPolicy? 🏛️
A deep dive into 📊 from Switzerland’s 🇨🇭 26 cantons by @rfrbrghs shows regional #Governments can punch above their weight but only when certain conditions align ⛓️
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🍂 17.4
Comeback prime ministers–rare but revealing 💎
A study by Florian Grotz & Ludger Helms compares 18 democracies (1945–2024) to uncover why some #Leaders get a second act 🎭
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🍂 17.4
🗳️ Voters won’t defend democracy they can’t see slipping away.
A study of African 🌍 elections by Erin Hern finds citizens drive out #Autocratizing leaders only when their power grabs are visible 👀 🫳
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🍂 17.4
How do #Populist radical right parties learn to survive? 🧩
In 🇳🇱, the FvD combines the tight control of Wilders’s PVV with lessons from the short-lived LPF showing how today’s PRRPs evolve to last according to @L_deJonge & Gerrit Voerman
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🆕 What really drives support for #DeliberativeMiniPublics
R.Ramis-Moyano, E.Lancha & S.Pasadas-del-Amo use study data from 716 representatives to suggest mixing citizens & civil society has a greater impact on attitudes of deliberative procedures 🤲 💭
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