Technocrats Instead of Political Parties? Synthetic Control Approach to the Effect of Technocratic Government on the Government Trust When facing a dilemma between the responsibility to formulate reasonable policies and responsiveness to the public will, political parties frequently delegate policy decisions to technocrats. Since...

Glad to share our recently published article titled "Technocrats Instead of Political Parties? Synthetic Control Approach to the Effect of Technocratic Government on the Government Trust" in Representation. 62/1 - The first 50 copies freely from the link below. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/HMG8W...

🥳 New year, new publication

📑"Contested memories: the political effects of de-commemoration proposals" @jeppjournal.bsky.social

With Francesco Colombo, we study a street renaming proposal in Berlin and find -contrary to conventional wisdom- no political backlash, but a positive feedback effect.

📢📢 Happy to announce a new update to the PPEG database!

The data now covers

- > 3.000 parties
- 1.100 parliamentary elections
- 402 presidential elections
- 2.044 cabinets

across 73 countries (1945 - 2025, Oct 31).

All info: ppeg.wzb.eu

We hope that data is helpful to the community!

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Check out our latest paper!
By @tito-labo.bsky.social‬, Tatsuya Iseki & Serika Atsumi - "Technocrats Instead of Political Parties? Synthetic Control Approach to the Effect of Technocratic Government on the Government Trust"
#Representation #Trust #Government
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New publication in Industrial Law Journal 🎉

The early EU once imagined a different kind of environmental policy. It was rooted in social democracy, not neoliberal logic.

It's open access so you can give it a read at the link below 👇

doi.org/10.1093/indl...

The CHES is a survey of national party experts to place parties on political dimensions. It is generally considered the gold standard of comparative party research.
The new data has just come you. You can check it out with the link below. Big thank you to the team!
bsky.app/profile/ches...

Technocrats Instead of Political Parties? Synthetic Control Approach to the Effect of Technocratic Government on the Government Trust When facing a dilemma between the responsibility to formulate reasonable policies and responsiveness to the public will, political parties frequently delegate policy decisions to technocrats. Since...

Delighted to share our paper, "Technocrats Instead of Political Parties? Synthetic Control Approach to the Effect of Technocratic Government on the Government Trust" -with Tatsuya Iseki and Serika Atsumi - is now out in Representation @repjournal.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....