Participatory process, anti-elitism, and legitimacy beliefs in local policy-making: evidence from a survey experiment in South Korea | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core Participatory process, anti-elitism, and legitimacy beliefs in local policy-making: evidence from a survey experiment in South Korea

🆕 Does participation build legitimacy? 🧱

Nam Kyu Kim, Yunmin Nam, Joonseok Yang & Wonbin Cho examine how participatory processes enhance citizens’ legitimacy beliefs at the local level, using a survey experiments with 2083 adults in South Korea, extending previous research

Generations and age in electoral research | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core Generations and age in electoral research

🆕 Generations at the ballot box🗳️

Wouter van der Brug & Sylvia Kritzinger of @ecprpovb.bsky.social review recent literature covering generational differences in #ElectoralBehaviour, discussing overall patterns and highlighting some pitfalls for further research 👶 👱 🧓

The price of ethnic marginalization: the peril of ethnic exclusion in times of public health crisis | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core The price of ethnic marginalization: the peril of ethnic exclusion in times of public health crisis

🆕 Left out when it matters most?🆘

@williamhatu.bsky.social, Leeann H. Youn, Rigao Liu & Haruka Nagao analyse survey data across 14 African countries to work out whether vaccine hesitancy amongst ethnic & racial minority communities stems from a lack of #Trust in their governments💉

Public perceptions of populist radical parties in government: inclusion without moderation? | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core Public perceptions of populist radical parties in government: inclusion without moderation?

🆕 Ruling and reigning in? 👑

@sofiamarini.bsky.social looks at whether public perceptions of the moderation of #PopulistRadical parties change when in a #GovernmentCoalition and whether this is impacted by #Partisanship, allowing for better understanding of #PartyMainstreaming 🤷

Business versus citizens: legislators’ responsiveness in trade policy | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core Business versus citizens: legislators’ responsiveness in trade policy

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Business versus citizens 🥊

@andduer.bsky.social, @robert-a-huber.bsky.social & Gemma Mateo use survey experiments from 47 countries across the globe to view how legislators consider the preferences of business or citizen when making #TradePolicy decisions🤔

Why do security forces vote for far-right parties? Evidence from Europe | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core Why do security forces vote for far-right parties? Evidence from Europe

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Has security gone #FarRight?🛡️

@jeyalizade.bsky.social & Raquel Rego address concerns on the rising support for the #FarRight among security forces, using European Social Survey data to assess the drivers of this support 🪧

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Coronavirus restrictions: fear is no substitute for trust Can policymakers expect people to comply with official health restrictions out of fear rather than because they trust the government? Ben Seyd suggests the answer is no. Governments still need trust…

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😱 Fear alone doesn’t make people follow rules!

Ben Seyd shows, using research co-authored with Feifei Bu, that during the COVID-19 pandemic fear and trust worked together to shape compliance with coronavirus restrictions, meaning governments can’t rely on fear alone to elicit cooperation 🦠

🔮 Populism and the nexus of illiberalism Marcel Lewandowsky argues that much research on populism suffers from that a contextual blind spot: it overlooks the broad variety of illiberal attitudes of which populism is only one variant. Here,…

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🔮 #FutureOfPopulism No.8

@mlewandowsky.bsky.social uses his & @cerpintaxt.bsky.social
research to argue that scholars should study the “invisible coalition” of illiberal sentiments that help elect anti-liberal actors, paying more attention to democratic indifference & authoritarian orientations

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🔮 Populist radical-right parties are threatening international cooperation Populist radical-right (PRR) parties use rhetorical and coalitional strategies to proclaim and advance issue ownership over immigration. In government coalitions, they act strategically to upgrade…

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🔮 #FutureOfPopulism No.48

✅ #PopulistRadicalRight parties aren’t just reshaping domestic politics — their strategies can undermine liberal democracy and the very basis for international cooperation according to Motoshi Suzuki

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Read Our IWD Collection Now! A curated collection of research on gender and representation in politics, from ECPR journals and blog.

🌍✨ Celebrating International Women’s Day ✨🌍

This #InternationalWomensDay, we’re highlighting a collection of articles exploring women’s representation, participation, and gender equality in politics

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🔮 Populist voters are unhappy – and this has consequences for populism research Do people support populism and nativism because they are simply unhappy with their lives? Annika Lindholm and Lauri Rapeli call for more overarching psychological approaches to understanding the…

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🔮 #FutureOfPopulism No.55

Annika Lindholm & Lauri Rapeli argue that everyday unhappiness acts as a psychological cue shaping political preferences and should be a central focus in #Populism research

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🌟 Over the coming week, we're celebrating women shaping #PolSci – and reflecting on how supporting gender parity strengthens our global research community

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🔮 Populist attitudes as thermometers of democratic quality 🌡️ Populist attitudes are responsive to perceived improvements in the democratic system. Marie-Isabel Theuwis and Rosa Kindt argue that this makes them a useful means to measure democratic quality

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🔮 #FutureOfPopulism No.84

✅#Populist attitudes are responsive to perceived improvements in the democratic system

Marie Theuwis & Rosa Kindt argue that this makes them a useful means to assess democratic quality using EPSR research by C. R. Kaltwasser & @steven-vanhauwaert.bsky.social

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European Political Science Review: Volume 18 - Issue 1 | Cambridge Core Cambridge Core - European Political Science Review - Volume 18 - Issue 1

That is all form the latest issue of European Political Science Research!

Find papers 📰 covering #MiniPublics, #Trust, #Attitudes and more #OpenAccess now!

Lobbying coalitions and their determinants: a systematic literature review | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core Lobbying coalitions and their determinants: a systematic literature review - Volume 18 Issue 1

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Why do interest groups team up? 🧠

Andrea Pritoni, Alberto Bitonti & Giuseppe Montalbano show that coalition-building is driven more by shared beliefs and issue importance than by lack of resources 🌍️

Ingroup and outgroup effects on party placement perceptions | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core Ingroup and outgroup effects on party placement perceptions - Volume 18 Issue 1

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

Ingrid Mauerer & M. Socorro Puy use evidence from the Basque Country to show that social identities, especially national identity and religion, strongly shape how people perceive where parties stand. 🧩

The democracy falling narrative: debunking stereotypes about democratic deconsolidation in the EU | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core The democracy falling narrative: debunking stereotypes about democratic deconsolidation in the EU - Volume 18 Issue 1

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Is public opinion turning reactionary? 🤔

L.J.Brunkert, B.Puranen, A.Turska-Kawa & C.Welzel find no evidence that #Voters in Europe have become more polarized or anti-democratic in ways that explain the rise of the far right using survey data

Far-right against green: the re-emergence of geographically defined voting patterns and the new environment cleavage in Western Europe | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core Far-right against green: the re-emergence of geographically defined voting patterns and the new environment cleavage in Western Europe - Volume 18 Issue 1

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Far-right against green 🌳

@dafnoukos.bsky.social @chvrakopoulos.bsky.social & C.Arndt find that rural groups are more likely to push back against green policy as they 'lose' compared to cities, highlighting how climate issues can/are creating new social & geographic divides

Stable or variable distrust? Disentangling the relationship between political trust and electoral behavior | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core Stable or variable distrust? Disentangling the relationship between political trust and electoral behavior - Volume 18 Issue 1

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@cvalebeek.bsky.social @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social & @hakhverdian.bsky.social use survery data from the Netherlands to find that #Trust variability may be just as strong a predictor as #Trust levels in #VotingBehaviour 🗳️

Perceived legitimacy as a third dimension of bicameralism: Czech senators versus the Czech general public | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core Perceived legitimacy as a third dimension of bicameralism: Czech senators versus the Czech general public - Volume 18 Issue 1

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How do we feel about #Bicameralism? 🤷‍♂️

By interviewing Czech senators and ordinary Czech citizens, @sgparliaments.bsky.social's Jan Hruška addresses how differently the upper and lower chambers are actually viewed and identifies influential factors

Uncertainty and political elites’ behavior: introducing the uncertainty grid | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core Uncertainty and political elites’ behavior: introducing the uncertainty grid - Volume 18 Issue 1

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Barbara Vis, from @ecprpublicpolicy.bsky.social, & Olaf van der Veen develop an 'uncertainty grid' to map phenomena, showing its application during the #COVID-19🦠 pandemic and highlighting how it can be used to guess the behaviour of political elites 🗺️

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The would-be autocrats’ toolkit: what do incumbents do when they undermine democracy? | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core The would-be autocrats’ toolkit: what do incumbents do when they undermine democracy? - Volume 18 Issue 1

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The would-be #Autocrats’ toolkit 🛠️

@jmvanlit.bsky.social & Carolien van Ham analyse incumbent-led autocratization between 1990 & 2023, producing a toolkit allowing a ore systematic study of #Autocratization

Which mini-publics do they favour? A European experiment on Politicians’ attitudes towards mini-publics’ design | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core Which mini-publics do they favour? A European experiment on Politicians’ attitudes towards mini-publics’ design - Volume 18 Issue 1

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Who's there?! 👀 🔍️

Rodrigo Ramis-Moyano of @ecprsgpp.bsky.social, Emma Lancha-Hernández & Sara Pasadas-del-Amo look at conjoin evidence across 5 countries to see which #MiniPublics are favoured, showing preferences for mixed deliberation and concerns about scaling up

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ECPR's journals now Open Access with Cambridge University Press European Consortium for Political Research

For a while now 🕰️ our latest articles have been open access on Cambridge Core — so they’re easy to share with students, incorporate into teaching, or circulate among colleagues, all fully peer-reviewed and free to read 🥳