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We’ve headed to Bluesky 🦋

More space for thoughtful discussion, engagement, and building community — and we’d love you to be part of it. 🤝

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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 & @sergiulipcean

https://t.co/2OMhzVXYXg

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Does #PublicFunding strengthen #Democracy or distort it?

Stable or variable distrust? Disentangling the relationship between political trust and electoral behavior

@CVAlebeek, @TomWGvdMeer & Armen Hakhverdian

https://t.co/YIKjchnRRI

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Why do different groups see the same political parties so differently?

Ingroup and outgroup effects on party placement perceptions

- Ingrid Mauerer & M. Socorro Puy
https://t.co/1zEJeh91U6

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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

https://t.co/TQlErYpJlr

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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.

https://t.co/n8xv6xVQsj

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🎄 Our team is taking a short break.

We’ll be back in the New Year—refreshed and ready to read more great research 🥳

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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 🦠

https://t.co/Ce1NUsaZgV

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When does the #Economy affect #Trust in #Democracy? 🤔

Brandon Beomseob Park & @MaryStegmaier look at 30 democracies to find that it matters most where political responsibility is clear

https://t.co/dONaRQD3Oj

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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 #Populism

https://t.co/NgxgdY2qMy

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⚖️ 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

https://t.co/OWP9YFkWEe

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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

https://t.co/p2NGr8QjCP

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🍂 The November Issue is all wrapped up! 🎁
Thank you for reading our latest edition!

If you missed us, vol 17.4 is packed with the latest #PolSci research on topics like #Autocratization, #Polarization, #Populism, & more
#OpenAccess now (and forever 😱)

https://t.co/4pJzePr2HW

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🍂 17.4

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 ⛓️

https://t.co/KOcFYJXkSW

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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 🎭

https://t.co/iAbXmEUq4m

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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 👀 🫳

https://t.co/Dmr6zYUi6X

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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

https://t.co/6hZZYZWLs2

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🍂 17.4

Analysis of 🇦🇹🇩🇪🇨🇭 by Niccolo Durazzi & @SimoneTonelli_ shows that collective skill formation systems promote #EconomicPerformance & #SocialInclusion in the #KnowledgeEconomy

https://t.co/XKt2ySYXkR

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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 🤲 💭

https://t.co/ysPJk34cRU